"Everything that happened to you is a page that's been turned and is done with."

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Source : Alaa Al Aswany (2004). “The Yacoubian Building”, p.192, I.B.Tauris

Alaa Al Aswany

#Done Quotes #Pages Quotes

“For the average person, all problems date to World War II; for the more informed, to World War I; for the genuine historian, to the French Revolution.”

Source : Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1990). “Leftism Revisited: From de Sade and Marx to Hitler and Pol Pot”, Gateway Books
“Growing up, I started developing confidence in what I felt. My parents helped me to believe in myself. I wasn't the best looking guy, I wasn't the best athlete in the world, but they made me feel good about myself.”
“It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the belief that a child exists to satisfy our wants.”
“Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he's destroying is this God he's worshipping.”
“I wanted to be an actor, and when that day happened that was sort of like the end. Now let it take me.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Iâ€™m an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because thereâ€™s always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits. I have quite a few suits that I really enjoy wearing but, unlike Hannibal, I like wearing them only at special occasions.”
“No matter who we are, no matter what our circumstances, our feelings and emotions are universal.”
“But it's not just "Do you want a hit?" More importantly, it has to be something we - the artist and I - like. If you go in just wanting a hit song, it's not going to happen that way. You have to first be committed to making music you like.”

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