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Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a

Events at home, at work, in the street – these are the bases for a story. – Naguib Mahfouz

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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees. – Naguib Mahfouz

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Society
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There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see. – Naguib Mahfouz

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Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if its not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world. – Bette Davis

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Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working really hard and pleasing people, which is probably related to my father in some way. But I really liked working hard. When I worked at Disneyland, Id do 12 hours straight and go home thrilled. – Steve Martin

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Im like a really goofy home ec teacher. – Alton Brown

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I spend plenty of time in London and it doesnt scare me, but its a lonely place, even if youve got friends there. My job takes me all around the world, meeting lots of interesting people. But I think if I couldnt get home, if I couldnt get back to what I consider my real life Id be frightened. – Shirley Henderson

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Small businesses pay 18 percent more than big businesses for health care, the same health care, just because theyre small and they have too small a pool of risk. – Karen Mills

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But I dont think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events. – Diane Wakoski

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