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Hisham Matar Quotes

Civil war is a national crisis and also a private trauma: We suffer it collectively and in isolation.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1970

Topics

War Isolation Crisis Trauma Suffer

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

Shallow Books Himself

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for contradictions.

Maxine Hong Kingston

Mind Universe Room Contradictions

I came into the league in '94.

I Came League Came

I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers... They use my tools.

Myself Tools Musicians See I See

Broccoli is incredible. It can prevent DNA damage and metastatic cancer spread; activate defences against pathogens and pollutants; help to prevent lymphoma; boost the enzymes that detox your liver; target breast cancer stem cells; and reduce the risk of prostate cancer progression.

Help Target DNA Risk Spread Liver

My mum would like to see me on the cover of 'Good Housekeeping' demonstrating children's toys with some nice lipstick on.

Good Children Me Lipstick Nice See

Being a backbench MP is a bit of an anti-climax for a superhero.

Superhero Being Bit

My family keeps me sane. I try to talk to my mum every other day. After I get off the phone, I have a renewed sense of clarity, so I guess a problem shared is a problem lost. It's important to me to keep them close.

Michelle Dockery

Family Day Me Problem Clarity Phone

The stories I love the most are where the author has a lot of empathy for everyone. The author loves their characters and takes their situations really seriously, and you feel like you're just dropped into a different world.

Love Empathy World Feel You Where

If people want to simulate a godly lifestyle - great. If they don't - good luck with that.

Good Great People Luck Good Luck

Rex is 60 years old with 13 million images and 10 million in archive. It's the first time we've had a historic archive to work with, which is super interesting.

Work Time Interesting First Time Old

In '82 and '83, that was the rise of the VCR. Every Friday, my brother and I would go to Crazy Eddie's - which was a video store in Manhattan - and rent five horror movies. And that's basically what we did, basically, for three years. Becoming social misfits.

Colson Whitehead

Brother Crazy Friday Rise Go Three

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