Mona Eltahawy Quotes

While the 2011 revolution did not remove the regime, it has shortened the seemingly endless patience that many Egyptians once had for military rule.

Mona Eltahawy

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You know, in our culture today, our Western, reductionist, Roman, linear, fragmented... culture, we don't ask how to make a pig happy. We ask how to grow it faster, fatter, bigger, cheaper, and that's not a noble goal.

Joel Salatin

TodayCultureHappyGrowGoalPig

I'd love to work on a script in collaboration.

Matthew McGrory

WorkLoveCollaborationScript

Words are the essence of culture. Books are pure essence. They are not for women or for men, but for all of us. Without books, civilisation falls into the dark ages.

Matt Haig

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You know, let's put it this way, if all the people in Hollywood who have had plastic surgery, if they went on vacation, there wouldn't be a person left in town.

Michael Jackson

VacationPeopleYouPersonKnowWay

I think if you look at yesterday's New York Times poll, particularly when you judge Democrats in Congress versus the Republicans in Congress, people put a little more faith, or even a little more than a little more faith in the Democrats in Congress.

John Podesta

FaithNew YorkPeopleThinkJudge

Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.

Sting

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You can't embrace your whole life if you're shut down. I found out that I can't just run away and shut down. I'm losing the rest of my life doing that.

Steve Perry

LifeLosingRestMy LifeDoingYou

Human rights, race relations, gender politics, health care, and foreign policy - it's a lot to keep track of, and yet all of these things affect us in our daily lives. Making sense of everything requires meticulous unpacking of feelings, delicate navigation of social norms, and a community of love to help along the way.

Tracee Ellis Ross

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Being famous is wicked. But it's better to be normal.

Rupert Grint

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I would rather stop too soon than too late.

Luc Besson

LateStopToo LateWouldSoonThan

Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them.

Josefa Iloilo

JourneyCalmHelpImportantNow

I asked the man on the phone from the National Endowment for the Arts what this fellowship entailed, and he said, 'Well, first there's $10,000.' I asked him, 'Can I pay it in installments?'

Johnny Gimble

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