"If you can't find good in your own country, you won't find it anywhere else."

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Source : Alaa Al Aswany (2004). “The Yacoubian Building”, p.135, I.B.Tauris

Alaa Al Aswany

#Country Quotes

“My expertise is running businesses.”
“We can't all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots.”
“Life is short, and potential studies infinite. We have a much better chance of accomplishing something significant when we follow our passionate interests and work in areas of deepest personal meaning.”

Source : Stephen Jay Gould (2006). “The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)”, p.22, W. W. Norton & Company
“Americans do not like long wars with indecisive outcomes.”

Source : Source: www.wsj.com
“Concentrate on what you need to do... Do step one. Begin! That's the important thing- Did you do step one? Did you actually do it?. . . It's not a matter of 'Can you do it?' If you do it, you're doing it.”
“If you'd been taken by the Capital and hijacked and then tried to kill Peeta, is this the way he would be treating you?”
“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”

Source : "The Nastiest Things Ever Said about Democrats". Book by Martin Higgins, p. 93, 2006.
“Zappos is a customer service company that just happens to sell shoes.”

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