Leila Aboulela Quotes

When you write about a Muslim woman, like I did with my previous novels - 'Minaret', for example, which is about a woman who starts to wear the hijab - it sets all the alarm bells ringing.

Leila Aboulela

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
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  • Birth: 1964

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WomanYouWriteWearExampleMuslim

I don't worry. It's just not in my nature, really.

Jimmy Wales

NatureWorryJustReally

I am an American. I adore Britain and have a strong English half, but my roots are here in the U.S. - it is not a matter of choice; it is simply fact.

Jennifer Ehle

I AmRootsStrongAmericanChoice

Another turn in my life happened when I took on the Canada Council.

Maureen Forrester

LifeMy LifeCanadaTurnHappened

My husband hailed from Dagenham; he's an Essex boy. Me myself, I come from Derry City in the northwest of Ireland, so we love to get back.

Roma Downey

LoveMyselfCityMeHusbandBack

I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.

Dee Dee Ramone

CarSmallGuitarBetterHardDays

From the time I was a little girl, I'd just always been naturally curious. And I was raised in a family that... would just get really worked up about inequities and unfairness.

Cheri Bustos

FamilyGirlTimeCuriousAlwaysUp

I love a good challenge of looking with new eyes at a tried and true recipe in my recipe Rolodex.

Christina Tosi

LoveGoodEyesChallengeLooking

It's important to be informed about issues like usability, reliability, security, privacy, and some of the inherent limitations of computers.

Brian Kernighan

ComputersSecurityPrivacyImportant

There is a lot to life, and a lot more than just television to life.

Bryant Gumbel

LifeTelevisionMoreJustThanLot

There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away.

Brownie McGhee

GoodMusiciansDownAwayPassGet

How great is the mystery of the first cells which were one day animated by the breath of our souls! How impossible to decipher the welding of successive influences in which we are forever incorporated! In each one of us, through matter, the whole history of the world is in part reflected.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

HistoryGreatDayWorldImpossible

An American champion, obviously being here in the states, is something that we all look at with the U.S. Open. But golf is played all over the world, and there are so many great golfers from other countries, and we're lucky enough that this is our home base to be able to play out of.

Paula Creamer

HomeGreatWorldChampionGolfLook

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