Fatema Mernissi Quotes

Since all power from the seventh century on was only legitimated by religion, political forces and economic interests pushed for the fabrication of false traditions.

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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That's one of the challenges of investing in China, is the lack of clarity with respect to tax positions.

Jim Oberweis

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The Booker Prize is a big, popular prize for big, popular books, and that's the way it should be.

John Banville

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In 1984, when I was a rookie member of the House, there was a bill introduced to make Martin Luther King's birthday a state holiday. It didn't have a chance. As time passed, though, more and more states adopted the holiday. Finally, after about five years, we passed it and, I think, almost unanimously. As I said, change is slow and hard.

John Grisham

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I've tried to do the sad-bastard thing for long enough. I just want to have a good time.

Anderson East

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It's never too late in life to have a genuine adventure.

Robert Kurson

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My mom's a children's television writer, so I was involved and around from a very young age. When I was eight, I did my first film with Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown, who are a quite well-respected Australian producer-director duo, and that just changed my whole perspective on what I could do in life and be.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

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Al Gore has been one of my closest friends since the day we met, on the first day of college, 35 years ago.

Tommy Lee Jones

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It's a social contract we make. We're willing to give up certain things. We give you the right to tax us. We give you the right to lock us up. We give you the right to put us on surveillance, search our homes, whatever and, in exchange, we get a functioning society that keeps us relatively safe, and that's the tradeoff we make.

Matt Apuzzo

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Cure for an obsession: get another one.

Mason Cooley

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Growing up, my next door neighbor was my best friend and an only child too.

Miranda Cosgrove

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It is a very beautiful story, 'The Crow.' It is a very tragic story with huge emotional themes.

Luke Evans

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I like a pretty relaxed, fun set. Everyone knows they can bring whoever they want and hang out.

Jonathan Levine

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