Edward Said Quotes

The inner me was always under attack by authority, by the way my parents wanted me to be brought up, by these English schools I went to. So I've always felt this kind of anti-authoritarian strain in me, pushing to express itself despite the obstacles.

Edward Said

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: palestinian
  • Birth: November 1, 1935 - September 25, 2003

Topics

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We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis.

Johnnie Cochran

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Frustration is not a work plan.

Ami Ayalon

WorkFrustrationPlan

Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled, either by a power within them, or by a power without them; either by the word of God, or by the strong arm of man; either by the Bible, or by the bayonet.

Robert Charles Winthrop

GodPowerMenManBibleStrong

The Bond situations to me are so ridiculous, so outrageous. I mean, this man is supposed to be a spy, and yet everybody knows he's a spy.

Roger Moore

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Every game means something, the supporters are fantastic, and since I've come to Palace, I've learnt to fight as a team and for the three points.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

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I wrote the chorus specifically for 'Same Love' as a narration of my story. I decided to release 'She Keeps Me Warm' as an extension of the chorus because I felt like there was more that needed to be said.

Mary Lambert

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I'm a patient person. I can wait for my prince charming.

Jazz Jennings

WaitI CanPersonPatientCharming

Movies don't sit in the theaters for an entire summer like they did in 1982. Now you've got a two- or three-week shelf life so you need to have that awareness right off the bat. And in order to make a lot of people know about your movie, you need to be out there banging the drum and showing your stuff.

Joseph Kosinski

LifePeopleYouSummerKnowMovies

The whole - it's the economy's bad. It's bad for everybody. I have my own comedy club. I opened it three years ago in a horrible economy. I created jobs. And we just started breaking even after a year and a half, barely. For that entire time, I have had to pay the difference of what we owe in rent and taxes and everything out of my own pocket.

Jon Lovitz

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Recently, I had a hip resurfaced. It's different from a hip replacement because it's done with titanium. I like to think that it's the consequence of riding horses so strenuously, but I fear it's much more mundane and was just early-onset arthritis.

Jonathan Dimbleby

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I travel in so many different ways; I travel high, I rough it... it all depends on who I travel with.

Diane von Furstenberg

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I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

Plautus

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