Ahmed Zewail Quotes

The family's dream was to see me receive a high degree abroad and to return to become a university professor - on the door to my study room, a sign was placed reading 'Dr. Ahmed,' even though I was still far from becoming a doctor.

Ahmed Zewail

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I've always felt that if you pay your bills and can take care of yourself without too much stress, then it's a pretty damn good life.

Joe R. Lansdale

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Horror movies are here to stay, you know? It's not a fad. Even the musical has gone in and out of style from time to time. Horror movies have always been around.

Jerry O'Connell

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I assume the risk of allowing my fiction to enter other people's true stories. And to be fair, I let other people's stories trespass the truth of mine.

John Edgar Wideman

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I'm of the school of thought where, if you can't sort something out for yourself, no one can help you. Rehab is great for some people but not others.

Amy Winehouse

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I was always at heart a novelist and wanted to tell a bigger story, so I wanted to create people who told other kinds of truths than literal truths.

Aminatta Forna

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You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because it's a narrative art form.

Tom Stoppard

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When it was announced I had won the Tony Award, I was in Bangkok doing a movie with Judi Dench. I remember coming back from the location to the Oriental Hotel and hearing someone yelling across the reception area, 'You've won the Tony!' It was wonderful and strange to be halfway around the world.

Roger Rees

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I still feel like a nerd.

Judd Apatow

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I'm an immigrant writer, or an African writer, or an Ethiopian-American writer, and occasionally an American writer according to the whims and needs of my interpreters.

Dinaw Mengestu

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I love visual art. I painted for many years when I was younger. I have studied modern/contemporary Indian art a bit and am very impressed with the talent in India.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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It's an honor to support such a worthy program. TURF aims to protect the integrity of tailgating and to keep game day family-friendly.

Boomer Esiason

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The biggest misconception is that the purpose of going to the gym is to change your body. We should be working out to be healthy.

Ashley Graham

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