Andre Aciman Quotes

Under Nasser, Egyptian nationalism was built on little more than pan-Arab irredentism and anti-Western and anti-Israeli sentiment. Mr. Mubarak retained these powerful brainwashers and allowed the rise of a religious component to further alienate Egyptians from liberal and democratic thinking.

Andre Aciman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 2, 1951

Topics

ThinkingNationalismPowerfulRise

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

John Milton

ShallowBooksHimself

We can say, 'OK, I'm going to be in the car for an hour; what can I do to improve my quality of life during that hour?'

Jeff Kober

LifeCarQualitySayImproveGoing

With a lot of action scores, you're competing with a lot of noise. Say there's a big explosion: the music would conventionally have a lot of Hollywood-style percussion or brass, because that's the only thing that will cut through.

Steven Price

MusicActionYouSayWillNoise

Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing.

Rokia Traore

AttitudeMusicSingingProfessional

It's time for conservative Americans to right the ship again.

Mike Pence

TimeShipConservativeRightAgain

It's impossible to see the face of Jesus without seeking that face in some concentrated way, in the practice of the faith, through prayer and action.

Jay Parini

FaithPrayerPracticeImpossibleWay

Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason.

Jon Meacham

LightTraditionReasonInterpret

I'm honestly kind of scared of horror films. My girlfriend always tries to expose them to me. Being in a scary movie and seeing all the fake blood and stuff definitely takes away from the magic and kind of humanizes scary movies to me now, though.

Chris Carmack

MeFakeMagicSeeingMoviesKind

Like so many kids, I just wanted to fit in, and I see now that I spent most of my life trying to be what I wasn't, trying to get people to like me.

Clare Balding

LifePeopleMeMy LifeTryingNow

I try to find creative ways to put ideas out to make the ground fertile for organizers.

Boots Riley

CreativeIdeasFindTryOutGround

Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.

Paul Theroux

WinterPreparationRecoverySeason

Requiring military hospitals to perform elective abortions exposes the physicians, the nurses, the military personnel to move against their own personal convictions of life in many cases.

Rick Renzi

LifePersonalMilitaryOwnAgainst

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