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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The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
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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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We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.
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Everyone is able to give to someone.
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I've been a Nick Cave fan since the early '80s when he was part of The Birthday Party thing singing Australian self-destructive rock band and I've always followed his work and loved it.
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I avoided as much work as possible in the classroom, but did all the work possible on the ball field.
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What the Toronto festival premiere did was to reinforce why we wanted to do this. People approached us and said they had no idea how talented Liza was. In the past few years, her skills have been too obscured by the tabloid headlines. It is fantastic to see her being celebrated for what she should be celebrated for.
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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.