Hisham Matar Quotes

Whenever I was encouraged by my elders to pick up a book, I was often told, 'Read so as to know the world.' And it is true; books have invited me into different countries, states of mind, social conditions and historical epochs; they have offered me a place at the most unusual gatherings.

Hisham Matar

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I do almost all my movies in French. I dub them.

Jodie Foster

MoviesAlmostFrenchDubThem

When you have a Senate that is 50 Democrats and 49 Republicans and one independent, it's quite obvious that the only way we are going to get something done is if we work together.

John Breaux

WorkTogetherYouDoneWayGoing

The women I see are very brave women, very strong women, women that are facing a lot of challenges and yet are up to the challenges and are making a very big effort. So I don't see why one of them cannot become a president - one day.

Rula Ghani

WomenDayEffortBraveChallenges

I think you work on the roles that draw you in and the stories you want to tell.

Matt Bomer

WorkThinkYouWantTellStories

I don't believe there is one most romantic act that a guy can do; I think it is all about the couple in question, which totally differs. It's about you thinking about the person you are with and doing something tailored and thoughtful for them.

Roxanne McKee

RomanticBelieveThinkThinkingYou

One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeeding in exams, and there are plenty of them. But what we should also be looking at, and a lot more urgently, is those who fail.

Michael Morpurgo

EducationGreatFocusLookingMore

Arkansas needs leaders who will stand up to anyone in Washington, from either political party, and do what's right for Arkansas and for our country.

Conner Eldridge

Stand UpStandPoliticalPartyWill

But I think that the spirit of protectionism would be the grave of European cinema. You cannot protect something by building a fence around it and thinking that this will help it survive.

Wim Wenders

BuildingSurviveThinkThinkingHelp

This season, over eight productions, I am presenting four young tenors.

Placido Domingo

I AmYoungOverSeasonFourEight

These days, there are a great many books about childhood trauma and its effects, but at the time all the experts agreed that one should forget about it as quickly as possible and pick up where you left off.

Peter Straub

GreatTimeChildhoodYouPossible

There can be no permanent progress in the battle against hunger until the agencies that fight for increased food production and those that fight for population control unite in a common effort.

Norman Borlaug

FoodProgressFightEffortControl

No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.

Muhammad Ali

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