Richard Engel Quotes

There was an insurgency under President Hosni Mubarak in the 1990s. Egyptian police and soldiers fought weekly battles with Islamists in the sugarcane fields and thick reeds along the Nile in rural southern villages like Minya, Sohag, Enna and Assiout.

Richard Engel

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PolicePresidentSoldiersBattles

The American people are tired of the out-of-control spending, and they want Washington to get their act in order and stop spending money we don't have.

Jim Jordan

MoneyTiredPeopleAmericanStop

It's quite funny in that I once won Rear of the Year at my school! I was about 17 in the sixth form and we used to have an end of year celebration and give out different awards. I even got a little trophy!

Jessica Ennis-Hill

FunnySchoolEndYearAwardsTrophy

Democracy is not just about voting but about informed voting. If democracy doesn't have access to reliable sources of information and instead relies on social proof, then there is no way of distinguishing between junk evidence and actual knowledge.

Jens Martin Skibsted

KnowledgeDemocracyVotingWayJunk

Nothing good happens without a penalty.

Ann McKee

GoodNothingWithoutHappensPenalty

There are fundamentalist psychopaths in every religion in the world. Every single one.

Sophia Bush

ReligionWorldSingleFundamentalist

A career in entertainment has a lifespan, like one in sport.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

CareerEntertainmentLikeSport

I met Arcade Fire on their first record, 'Funeral.' I loved that record, and it was a record I was listening to while I wrote 'Where the Wild Things Are.' Those songs - especially 'Wake Up' and 'Neighbourhood' - there's a lot of that record that's about childhood.

Spike Jonze

FireChildhoodListeningWake UpUp

I think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson.

Simon Van Booy

GreatThinkAmericanHeroesLike

I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.

Michael Palin

SillyPersonNothingMoreAlways

If you sit back and simply allow your country to be, it is highly unlikely to be the kind of country you want. You have to be active.

Mohsin Hamid

YouBackCountryWantKindActive

Now everybody's sampling.

Missy Elliott

NowSamplingEverybody

My wife forever has made fun of my Yanni CD that I had in college.

Christopher Gorham

WifeFunCollegeForeverMadeCD

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