"You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity."

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Source : "DVD RE-RUN: Jehane Noujaim On 'Control Room': 'My Loyalties Are to the Characters'". Interview with Erica Abeel, www.indiewire.com. October 25, 2004.

Jehane Noujaim

#Opportunity Quotes #Principles Quotes #United States Quotes

“Don't forget to smile in any situation. As long as you are alive, there will be better things later, and there will be many.”
“I have chosen to fight against corruption in this country, though I have been advised not to because we are drawing closer to this yearâ€™s Tripartite Elections. I know I am fighting against people who are smarter, wealthier and advanced.”
“I'm not sure that you can say definitively that some roles are better filled by consultants, but I would say that some projects are better handled by consultants”

Source : "Talking with Jesse James Garrett". Interview with Erin Malone, boxesandarrows.com. October 27, 2002.
“I've always been a composer dependent on texts.”
“We are human behind and this part of our human nature that we don't learn the importance of anything until it's snatched from our hands. In Pakistan, when we were stopped from going to school, and that time I realized that education is very important, and education is the power for women. And that's why the terrorists are afraid of education. They do not want women to get education because then women will become more powerful.”
“I want to be more than just some guy who played in a World Cup final.”

Source : "Jonny Wilkinson: not quite Mr Perfect" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2011.
“You never know if you're a writer. You can't trust it. If you woke up and said, 'I'm a writer,' it would be gone. You wouldn't see anything for miles - even the dust would be running away.”

Source : "Life stories". Interview with Louise France, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2005.
“As any gardener will tell you, the cycles of nature require patience...Even a fast-growing vegetable like a radish requires time.”

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