Ahmed Ben Bella Quotes
The liberation movement which I led in Algeria, the organization that I created to fight the French army, was at first a small movement of nothing at all. We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France.
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I love French films, and I copy things I see in them. I read magazines and also look at Tumblr. I love nails, so I literally just search the word 'nails' on Tumblr and start looking.
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The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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If you want to wear long hair or wear that dress, as long as you're not hurting yourself or anybody else, I say do it. If you want to go out and have a romantic, sexy affair, do it.
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And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
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I used homeopathy, acupuncture, yoga and meditation in conjunction with my chemotherapy to help me get stronger again after the cancer. I also chanted with Buddhist friends and prayed with Christian friends. I covered all my bases.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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There are only three types of people; those who have found God and serve him; those who have not found God and seek him, and those who live not seeking, or finding him. The first are rational and happy; the second unhappy and rational, and the third foolish and unhappy.
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What attracts usually comes from a place you'd never think.
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The unique innovation of the phonetic alphabet released the Greeks from the universal acoustic spill of tribal societies. (p. 70)
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I don't spend a lot of time with anybody.
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The liberation movement which I led in Algeria, the organization that I created to fight the French army, was at first a small movement of nothing at all. We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France.
