Ahmed Zewail Quotes

The so-called Arab Spring has proved that the fall of a Mubarak-like presidency does not mean the immediate rise of democracy. In spite of this, I am confident that Egypt will not return to an authoritarian governing system again, and that, with some time, it will achieve its democratic goals.

Ahmed Zewail

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: egyptian
  • Birth: February 26, 1946 - August 2, 2016

Topics

GoalsTimeI AmSpringDemocracy

I'd read 'Paradise Lost' as an undergrad at university but remembered little about it. No, not true: I remembered few details, but carried with me with the persuasive arguments and pitiable dilemma of its arguable protagonist, Satan.

Andrew Pyper

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I can get behind any story that's willing to tell itself without apology.

John Hensley

StoryI CanApologyWithoutTell

I'm a fan at heart.

Robert Kraft

HeartFan

I was in seventh grade math class, and we had this thing called Number Sense. So, I wasn't on the track team. Wasn't on the football team. Wasn't on the basketball team. I was in the Number Sense Club.

Michael Dell

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One often thinks that using 2 different things like visual and sound lead to 2 different conclusions - to a different content - but in in my case it is all one.

Alva Noto

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One of the most perplexing political questions of the late 20th century is how new democracies should punish deposed dictators and their associates. Victims cry for justice, but leaders of new regimes must decide to what extent it is possible, moral or prudent to pursue evildoers of the past.

Stephen Kinzer

JusticePastPoliticalQuestionsNew

The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.

Michel Houellebecq

DogLoveTrustYouPureMust

Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite - getting something down.

Julia Cameron

ArtThinkingDownUpSomething

I was raised on the brothers Grimm, but my favorite fairy tales in the world are Oscar Wilde's - 'The Nightingale and the Rose,' 'The Selfish Giant.' The latter is probably my all-time favorite.

Denis O'Hare

RoseWorldSelfishFairyGiant

Seattle very much benefited from this geography where it was a town nobody had really heard of in terms of a music scene. So we had that factor of being a new discovery.

Chris Cornell

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I use Redken color on my hair and use mild shampoos that don't strip your hair of color. If I need to, I'll use a good colored mousse in between.

Christina Hendricks

GoodHairColorNeedYourBetween

Here's the thing that I think about life - if you manage to get into a space where you don't need that much, where the overhead of your life is not that great and you're pretty happy and relaxed without that much stuff, you are really liberated because you never have to say yes to something because you want another refrigerator or car!

Brit Marling

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