Ahmed Zewail Quotes
Secularism will not work in Egypt any more than theocracy. What will work is governance that is guided by the Islamic values of the majority with protection of the minority rights.
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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Once you are a model, you do have to fly a million red-eye flights, and you do have to entertain a different client every single day.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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At the Museum of Roman Art, the logic of the forms is very much modern. But in spite of that, the idea of the construction could be related to a historical time.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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'Coexist' was tough to make.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.
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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
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Science is about unravelling nature.
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There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
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Americans resident in China inform us that the ballot box in their country is greatly abused for personal ends, and Chinese admirers of the American Republic have not minutely examined its defects.
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When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time.
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But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.
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For basically two years, I took acting classes and found my own stride in L.A.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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I hated how Sam Rothstein got manipulated by Sharon Stone's character in 'Casino.' I mean, I just hate how he gets manipulated; that just gets ridiculous to me. I know it's historic, but I hated that.
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Artists don't compare themselves to each other based on money. Nobody really knows what money other artists have. They don't care that much. The measure is the work and how you think your work is perceived. How the museums are. How you are doing.
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If you talk to any of my Democratic colleagues who lost that year, they would tell that gun control was one of the major contributory factors in the loss of their seats.
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Secularism will not work in Egypt any more than theocracy. What will work is governance that is guided by the Islamic values of the majority with protection of the minority rights.
