Fatema Mernissi Quotes

Educated women armed with computers have defeated extremists by denying them a monopoly to define cultural identity and interpret religious texts. No extremist can say that women are inferior to men without being made a laughingstock on Al Jazeera. Islam insisted on equality between everyone.

Fatema Mernissi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: moroccan
  • Birth: September 27, 1940 - November 30, 2015

Topics

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Algorithms are great, but they're very limited in what they can do as far as playing songs and playing a mood.

Jimmy Iovine

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Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers.

Jesse Ventura

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Iran did not talk to the United States for 35 years. And now we are talking. And I believe these talks are useful. But they haven't produced the intended results. We have not seen an end to the hostility that has been exhibited in the United States against Iran. And I believe it is important that we see some of that.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

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This morning I was laughing at my cat who was running up the stairs and slipped, and pretended like it didn't happen.

Jayma Mays

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When your economy is subject to the whims of Libya and Nigeria and Venezuela, you have a problem.

Jason Chaffetz

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It sucks to be the runner-up because I've been the runner-up for a long time in my career. I would get so close and then lose a huge movie and sometimes it's one kid who beats you out for three different movies. It's so frustrating at the time, but what's so great is the lesson you take from that, which is, 'I've got to get better.'

Jason Dohring

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You can't leave civilization behind entirely.

Dirk Benedict

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Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent.

Donna Tartt

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I love entering the bowels of the cinema and immersing myself in another world.

Alison Goldfrapp

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I was already, I think, at the age of 18, showing signs of being incompetent in the lab.

Peter Higgs

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We were bemused, I guess, when we got the call from Hollywood. We didn't know anything about the entertainment industry or even what a casting agency was. But I thought, 'What do I have to lose?' It's not every day a great opportunity presents itself.

Thomas Horn

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I really do feel like Los Angeles is my home now and, as cliche as this sounds, I felt like I found myself here and I really know who I am now. There was a long period like I was drifting or floating through life, and now I feel like I have a definitive target - and future.

Ryan Kwanten

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