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My family settled in Cairo in 1980. I was nine. I missed Libya terribly, but I also took to Cairo. I perfected the accent. People assumed I was Egyptian.

Hisham Matar

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My parents are divorced, but they have and always are there for me. They've never missed a ball game or anything else I've done, and we've always been so close.

Eric Winter

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In period films, it always helps to have someone built to carry a sword, and Channing Tatum clearly hasn't missed a workout for the past two years, so he fits the bill in that regard.

Elvis Mitchell

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One thing that gets missed a lot is that DonorsChoose is merely a place where teachers post wish lists. That doesn't do justice to the level of innovation that we see taking place on our site.

Charles Best

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Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.

Bertrand Russell

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I thought I could have breached Brian Lara's 400 runs. When I scored 319, I was unbeaten at 309 but then got out. So I think I could have reached that mark, but unfortunately, I missed it.

Virender Sehwag

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My dad never missed a day of work, and he was always smiling when he came home.

Patty Loveless

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In fourth grade, I missed 82 days of school. Out of 160.

LeBron James

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Usually, historical revelations come from days of legwork, ploughing through piles of letters and papers in archives or even private homes, looking for the telling phrase or letter that someone else has missed.

Kate Williams

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At the time of the Silver Jubilee, I was a grumpy anti-monarchist. I didn't celebrate and was appalled by the celebrations. In my idiocy, I missed out! I feel completely differently now compared with that time.

Helen Mirren

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I'm in the government to make sure that if there's an opportunity to make peace, it won't be missed.

Ehud Barak

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I missed singing. I missed performing in a nightclub.

Tamara Tunie

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'Night They Missed the Horror Show' is my signature story. It changed my life, so it remains my favorite.

Joe R. Lansdale

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I stay in touch with a lot of the cast - Jess Fox, Jen Metcalfe and Nikki Sanderson and probably more that I've missed out. It's a cliche, but it really is like a family at 'Hollyoaks.'

Rachel Shenton

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I grew up in the 1970s, and my friends and I felt very keenly that we had missed the '60s. We were bummed out about it.

Jennifer Egan

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If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.

M. H. Abrams

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I want to be part of every note, every single moment going on in the studio. I want nothing forgotten; I want nothing missed.

Max Martin

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I started reading G. K. Chesterton's 'The Man Who Was Thursday' on a subway ride, almost missed my stop, and walked home thumbing pages.

Kate Christensen

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The last couple of roles I missed out on went to Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Biel and Olivia Wilde.

Amy Schumer

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A lot of readers and a lot of editors had a story problem with Oracle, in that she made for such an easy, convenient story accelerator, that we missed the sense of having characters have to struggle to discover, to solve mysteries. Famously, it helped make Batman less of a detective and more of a monster hunter.

Gail Simone

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Over the years, CBO has been all over the board on healthcare. The only consistent point is they've missed the mark on different pieces. That's the nature of a scorekeeper.

Steve Scalise

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When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it's worth remembering that mainstream radio listeners of the '60s and '70s, particularly in Canada, missed out on an outpouring of brilliant R&B music.

Dan Hill

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The first shooter video game stuff which - look, admittedly, I missed that generationally, so it's not a thing for me. I've never played them. I don't really get it. My kids do.

Rob Lowe

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I got addicted to Tetris, playing it in my basement, I was missing all these airplane flights over it. After the fourth one that I missed, I realized I needed to get rid of this thing - so ever since then, I don't play video games any more.

Bam Margera

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