Ahmed Zewail Quotes
Personally, I have been enriched by my experiences in Egypt and America, and feel fortunate to have been endowed with a true passion for knowledge.
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My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.
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As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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The attitude and identity that we want to play with doesn't change.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.
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Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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On behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America - and our one million member activists - I am honored to be here to talk to you about what's at stake for women in 2012. I am proud to say that the Democratic Party believes that women have the right to choose a safe, legal abortion with dignity and privacy.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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I had a dream cast when Dan first went off and wrote 'Ghostbusters 3' by himself. It was so long ago that my dream cast was Ben Stiller, Chris Farley, and Chris Rock. That would have been cool. Now, a lot of time has passed, and there are a lot of young funny people.
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Obviously I will promote 'Vaalu.' It is my film. I am the lead actress in it; I play a major part, and I will promote the film.
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I was eight when I left Sarajevo, so I didn't really know very much about my culture and it was so important for me to go back to my roots and meet the people.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
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I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.
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My daughter, Asia, has been in many of my movies. I love working with her. In the beginning, I was not supportive of her being an actress, but now I think she is fantastic.
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God doesn't promise tomorrow, he does promise eternity.
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My strategy has always been to give people just enough of me, then pull back. That way, they'll want more.
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I was trained as an actor and taught to believe at a very young age that I could be anything and do anything, and then you find yourself painted into a corner by your own image or persona.
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The Stone Age gave us arrow heads and eventually knives, and that allowed us to kill animals in ways you couldn't before, and once you had them you were able to remove the skin and bones.
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Personally, I have been enriched by my experiences in Egypt and America, and feel fortunate to have been endowed with a true passion for knowledge.
