"Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there."

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Source : "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

Ahmed Ben Bella

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“My mother and my father were illiterate immigrants from Russia. When I was a child they were constantly amazed that I could go to a building and take a book on any subject. They couldn't believe this access to knowledge we have here in America. They couldn't believe that it was free.”
“Outing is a nasty word for telling the truth.”
“Obviously, the technology community in Massachusetts competes in a global economy, and our efforts to create a more competitive environment recognizes that competitiveness at a local level. We'd expect employers in other states to use this site as they consider where in Massachusetts to locate or expand their presence.”
“I really believe in the power of music - and I mean literally the power of musical tones - to rearrange the way you can think.”
“My friends, do we realize for what purpose we are convened? Do we fully understand that we aim at nothing less than an entire subversion of the present order of society, a dissolution of the whole existing social compact?”
“One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called ''weasel words.'' When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a ''weasel word'' after another there is nothing left of the other.”
“When I told my parents, 'I'm going to be an actor,' they screamed and wept and freaked out.”

Source : "New Again: Alec Baldwin". Interview with Charles Kaiser, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 19, 2012.
“Ive always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together.”

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