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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I think it's important for girls to be confident. Believe in yourself and... everybody's hot.
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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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Marketing is a core part of anything you do.
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I was the one who taught my sister and my niece how to walk in high heels.
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If I were related to Monet, I don't know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it's too much, the comparison. If I wrote a book and put it out, the comparison to my great-grandfather, the comparison would be hilarious. Every critic, it would be their dream, they'd tear me apart.
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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.
