Randa Abdel-Fattah quote: "You? Nervous? Man, you've got more balls than any girl I've ever known!' <br /><br />'You've known some weird girls, then," I say, raising an eyebrow at him."

When you exist in the centre of a debate, as a topic, a hypothesis - otherised and stigmatised - you...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

It is time Australian Muslims stop being treated as negotiable citizens in their own country. It is ...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

One of the first serious attempts I made to write a novel was when I was in Grade 6 and I had read &...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

With my human rights advocacy, that's always been through my writing. I've always tried to w...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

When it comes to the hijab - why to wear it, whether to wear it, how to wear it - there is theology ...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

My family are observant Muslims, but I've come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, ...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spi...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag s...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and thin...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

I wasn't rebellious. Other friends had far stricter parents and where there wasn't a relatio...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character en...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through per...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

A woman's body is her body and what she wears or does not wear is her choice. Get over it and mo...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignoranc...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

In a multicultural, diverse society there are countless ways in which people negotiate the everyday ...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

The hijab, or sikh turban, or Jewish skullcap are all explicit symbols, but they do not represent a ...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

It seems Palestinians can't win. The language of peace negotiations has always been predicated o...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

We are, at almost every point of our day, immersed in cultural diversity: faces, clothes, smells, at...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress m...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

Too many people look at it as though it (the hijab) has bizarre powers sewn into its microfibers. Po...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

I just don't know what I'd do without a brain, Simone!" I say. "I mean, what's a person without one?
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

Parents. Honestly. Sometimes they really do think the world revolves around them.
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to gi...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

But persistent name calling? that prolongs hurt. It stretches out. Each nasty word stretches the rub...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

That's why when Peter started talking to me in homeroom this morning, i soaked up his attention like...
RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH

The point behind these demonstrations is to make people on the street feel like there's political ac...
ALI ABDEL FATTAH

The police are back to their old habits of cracking down on the Brotherhood.
ALI ABDEL FATTAH

At the moment we are not prepared to take over in Egypt. We don't want to see the sudden collapse of...
ALI ABDEL FATTAH

It's very unlikely for anyone to shift the balance in Egypt as long as the majority remains silent.
ALI ABDEL FATTAH

We are not players, we are observers.
ALAA ABDEL FATTAH

This corrupt regime has reached its sell-by date and its stench has become unbearable.
ALAA ABDEL FATTAH

We need to see a Palestinian state.
ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI

There is no doubt that counterterrorism takes time because it is not action against a regular army.
ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI

The Muslim Brotherhood is the parent organization of extreme ideology. They are the godfather of all...
ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI

If Egypt is unstable, then the entire region is unstable.
ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI

Given the religious nature of the Middle Eastern culture, how might a Middle Eastern democracy [be] ...
ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI

Don't listen to anyone but me
ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI

I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
RANDA HAINES

To adapt a play into a movie, you have to change it.
RANDA HAINES

A barrier for me - which has been both a strength and a weakness - has been my taste. The kind of th...
RANDA HAINES

It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm n...
RANDA HAINES

There are stories I'd like to tell, I'd like to see, and they're not getting made. These...
RANDA HAINES

I'm always drawn to stories about characters who are somewhat isolated inside themselves by thei...
RANDA HAINES

As a director, you're looking for ways to tell the story with the whole image and not primarily ...
RANDA HAINES

I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film wi...
RANDA HAINES

If you and I had a relationship, and I like to dance and you don't, will that affect our relatio...
RANDA HAINES

I've gone for long stretches without working. I remember many times peeking into my checkbook to...
RANDA HAINES

Because I had a lot of emotional upheaval in my life, I'm attracted to stories about characters ...
RANDA HAINES

I do know that detachment is important. A surgeon can't be weeping into the open wound.
RANDA HAINES

A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
RANDA HAINES

The Pirates have now started to mix in some veteran guys along the way, which I think is so importan...
JOE RANDA

It may be easier for them to reach what we call functional proficiency.
RANDA DUVICK

We had him. We talked about it on the mound -- 'The grass is slow here, so hop off' -- and he did. H...
JOE RANDA

Believe me, there's no sense of complacency in here at all. We're going out and giving it everything...
JOE RANDA

Everybody's at the point now where they're getting mad,
JOE RANDA

I didn't get drafted my senior year, ... I got offered a contract by the Brewers for $1,500 from Sal...
JOE RANDA

I went to [Kettle-Moraine High School], 20 miles outside the city [in Wales, Wis.], and I've stayed ...
JOE RANDA

My two older sisters and their families live here,
JOE RANDA

I think every situation is unique. You can get along great, but if you go out on the field and don't...
JOE RANDA

Chemistry is important, but it can mean a lot of different things.
JOE RANDA

I think there's a lot of hidden agendas there. With the revenue sharing and all the money he's getti...
JOE RANDA

To go up against the guys we've faced lately and hold our own, that's not too bad. We've gone throug...
JOE RANDA

A lot of things are unexplainable.
JOE RANDA

We can't complain and whine about where we're at. We've got to go forward.
JOE RANDA

I think the biggest problem in any school for any program, no matter how wonderful it is, is funding...
RANDA DUVICK

African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience ...
CHAKA FATTAH

I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise th...
CHAKA FATTAH

The point behind these demonstrations is to make people on the street feel like there's political ac...
ALI FATTAH

The police are back to their old habits of cracking down on the Brotherhood.
ALI FATTAH

At the moment we are not prepared to take over in Egypt. We don't want to see the sudden collapse of...
ALI FATTAH

It's very unlikely for anyone to shift the balance in Egypt as long as the majority remains silent.
ALI FATTAH

Now we are raising the debt limit 3 times, up to $8 trillion, so that our children and our grandchil...
CHAKA FATTAH

The President's proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed...
CHAKA FATTAH

Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.
CHAKA FATTAH

Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 mi...
CHAKA FATTAH

Democracy derailed is democracy denied.
CHAKA FATTAH

While Social Security faces some long-term challenges, the system is not in crisis.
CHAKA FATTAH

The threat of terrorism is not stronger than the will of the American people.
CHAKA FATTAH

The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.
CHAKA FATTAH

We have major fiscal problems on our hand.
CHAKA FATTAH

The Americans are optimistic by their nature. And they are hopeful.
CHAKA FATTAH

There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Co...
CHAKA FATTAH

The Republican Party is in charge. They've been charge of the Congress and spending for 10 years...
CHAKA FATTAH

When Bill Clinton was in town, he sent over a balanced budget.
CHAKA FATTAH

Bush has never sent over a balanced budget.
CHAKA FATTAH

There are no problems that exist in the District that have been solved elsewhere in the country. Wha...
CHAKA FATTAH

This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal b...
CHAKA FATTAH

Because when we think about the real facts: 44 million Americans without health insurance, millions ...
CHAKA FATTAH

But if they want to really think about the fiscal future of this country, then think about how we ha...
CHAKA FATTAH

Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.
CHAKA FATTAH

President Clinton listened in two meetings (to) our reservations on his initiative, ... And he promi...
ABDEL RAHMAN

We conveyed to President Clinton our acceptance in principle to the proposal ... with our own explan...
ABDEL RAHMAN

If Mr. Netanyahu is looking for a pretext to stop the negotiations and undermine the process, he wil...
ABDEL RAHMAN

[Hassan Abdel Rahman, Palestine Liberation Organization representative to the United States, said th...
ABDEL RAHMAN

This is a sign from the pope, who is the highest Christian authority in this world, that he is denyi...
ABDEL RAHMAN

We have turned over a complete security plan to the Americans, ... President Clinton himself approve...
ABDEL RAHMAN

We regret the loss of civilian life, both Israeli and Palestinian, but this attack happened in Tel A...
ABDEL RAHMAN

The second step should be, as President Clinton announced, is really the resumption of the peace pro...
ABDEL RAHMAN

So far, there are no results, ... Let's hope that will change.
ABDEL RAHMAN

The biggest collapse is the culture of lies and the culture of the media's glorifying regimes.
ABDEL RAHMAN

He senses Sudan will soon become a failed state that will be dismantled.
ABDEL ATWAN

It's very dangerous. The timing is extremely important. He's sensing that there's a failed state in ...
ABDEL ATWAN

But they will also do the minimum to stop people from going to fight in Iraq to avoid a sectarian co...
ABDEL ATWAN

These elections ... will put an end to the era of dictatorship by one party or faction in decision-m...
ABDEL ATWAN

He is presenting himself not as a terrorist, a bloodsucker, a man who would like to destroy the worl...
ABDEL ATWAN

We understand when the international media fall into the trap of the Jewish settlers and run live co...
ABDEL ATWAN

He told me that bin Laden is saying to President Clinton that the battle has not started yet and the...
ABDEL ATWAN

I think the letter is genuine. We can't verify it because we don't know where he is, he is on the ru...
ABDEL ATWAN

I have heard nothing whatsoever about this alleged media speculation. This is a matter for the judic...
ABDEL ALANI

How can one review thousands and thousands of pages in just a matter of a few days? This court has b...
ABDEL ALANI

Until now we cannot get on the with task of disputing the illegality of the trial or any charge beca...
ABDEL ALANI

This capable team will be entrusted with preparing the defense case when the trial begins and disput...
ABDEL ALANI

This move is to put the defense team on a proper legal foundation and when the family appoints lawye...
ABDEL ALANI

There was never any proper legal team. It was a media hype more than anything else.
ABDEL ALANI

They have more than one counsel in every country claiming to represent him. This can lead to conflic...
ABDEL ALANI

We have formed a legal defense team that includes prominent American, European, Asian and Arab lawye...
ABDEL ALANI

There are too many people in the world who are claiming they are defending the president without the...
ABDEL ALANI

The trial is totally meaningless. It's a political issue, not a legal issue. The procedures and the ...
ABDEL ALANI

I believe that if the situation continues, crime rates and chaos will increase which will make the P...
ABDEL SHAFI

People need to see quick, tangible results, or the whole thing will collapse.
ABDEL SHAFI

Without reform and the rule of law, it is impossible to do the work - and that's an issue that is to...
ABDEL SHAFI

should be an opportunity to strengthen relations with France, not weaken them.
ABDEL RAHMAN

The Israeli government continues its policy of assassination, ... This policy will destroy any hope ...
ABDEL RAHMAN

That is absolutely nonsense, ... Those kinds of statements are not helpful.
ABDEL RAHMAN

unacceptable and should be deplored.
ABDEL RAHMAN

I think it's only a maneuver as a result of the Israeli isolation in the world arena,
ABDEL RAHMAN

Events are not a matter of chance.
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER

He who can not support himself, can not take his own decision.
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER

There is no longer a way out of our present situation except by forging a road toward our objective,...
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER

People do not want words - they want the sound of battle - the battle of destiny.
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid m...
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER

We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a matter o...
GAMEL ABDEL NASSER

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid...
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER

If a doctor or nurse had been with him when he'd been injured, she would have made the others carry ...
BASMA ABDEL AZIZ

Like many others, she'd received a threat from the Riffraff - though she wasn't sure she understood ...
BASMA ABDEL AZIZ

They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid m...
GAMEL ABDEL NASSER

We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humi...
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER

We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a h...
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER

It's one thing to topple a regime, but it's another thing to dismantle a state and not replace it wi...
ABDEL HAQ ALANI

There is no way you can have a trial in a country where there is absolutely no authority. That is th...
ABDEL HAQ ALANI

I think he was arrested because he had given an interview with a journalist and they discovered he w...
ABDULLAHI ABDEL KARIM

What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER

We have not had any charge laid formally against the accused, nor have we had any evidence as to wha...
ABDEL HAQ ALANI

The meeting took place on Monday, but I'm not at liberty to disclose the contents of the talks.
ABDEL HAQ ALANI

I have heard nothing whatsoever about this alleged media speculation. This is a matter for the judic...
ABDEL HAQ ALANI

This capable team will be entrusted with preparing the defense case when the trial begins and disput...
ABDEL HAQ ALANI

This move is to put the defense team on a proper legal foundation and when the family appoints lawye...
ABDEL HAQ ALANI

There was never any proper legal team. It was a media hype more than anything else.
ABDEL HAQ ALANI

They have more than one counsel in every country claiming to represent him. This can lead to conflic...
ABDEL HAQ ALANI

We have formed a legal defense team that includes prominent American, European, Asian and Arab lawye...
ABDEL HAQ ALANI

There are too many people in the world who are claiming they are defending the president without the...
ABDEL HAQ ALANI

No Syrian security service could take such a decision unilaterally.
ABDEL HALIM KHADDAM

I would not exclude any political group as long as it respects the democratic process.
ABDEL HALIM KHADDAM

His fall has already begun. I don't think his regime will last out this year.
ABDEL HALIM KHADDAM

Hariri received many threats. Assad told me he had delivered some very, very harsh words to Hariri ....
ABDEL HALIM KHADDAM

As far as Sharon is concerned, his death or disappearance will not change anything. The difference b...
ABDEL HALIM KHADDAM

Syria is now in the center of the danger zone.
ABDEL HALIM KHADDAM

But, of course, at no time did it occur to me that Syria could assassinate Hariri.
ABDEL HALIM KHADDAM

He senses Sudan will soon become a failed state that will be dismantled.
ABDEL BARI ATWAN

But they will also do the minimum to stop people from going to fight in Iraq to avoid a sectarian co...
ABDEL BARI ATWAN

These elections ... will put an end to the era of dictatorship by one party or faction in decision-m...
ABDEL BARI ATWAN

He is presenting himself not as a terrorist, a bloodsucker, a man who would like to destroy the worl...
ABDEL BARI ATWAN

We understand when the international media fall into the trap of the Jewish settlers and run live co...
ABDEL BARI ATWAN

He told me that bin Laden is saying to President Clinton that the battle has not started yet and the...
ABDEL BARI ATWAN

I think the letter is genuine. We can't verify it because we don't know where he is, he is on the ru...
ABDEL BARI ATWAN

We must fight those who came to hurt us inside our home.
ABDEL AZIZ RANTISSI

If they are going to stop targeting our civilians, then we are ready to stop targeting what they cal...
ABDEL AZIZ RANTISI

If Sharon is going to escalate by invading cities, I believe that the Palestinians will escalate the...
ABDEL AZIZ RANTISI

Bush is the enemy of God, the enemy of Islam, an enemy of Muslims.
ABDEL AZIZ RANTISI

Egypt issued orders first not to let anyone through and we followed suit. Our dream is to have an Eg...
ABDEL AZIZ HAMDAN

These statements were a reason for more pressure and gave the green light to terrorist groups. Certa...
ABDEL AZIZ HAKIM

You stood beside Saddam while he was oppressing. You knew it was happening because it was on your bo...
ABDEL AZIZ HAKIM

There are some points of disagreement and we still have some talking to do, but I am optimistic at t...
ABDEL AZIZ HAKIM

This fight is a family problem between Deby and his family.
ABDULLAHI ABDEL KARIM

Now he sees the opposition is getting stronger, he's looking for a scapegoat ... This is a Chadian p...
ABDULLAHI ABDEL KARIM

Each of our groups had their own forces, men and equipment. Now, we'll be joining them together.
ABDULLAHI ABDEL KARIM

America should be ashamed of this sentence. This is the best evidence that Americans have double sta...
AKRAM ABDEL AMIR

The decree was legitimate, and we have no intention to foil the cabinet. Moreover, we want it to suc...
AHMED ABDEL RAHMAN

We would never do so, but if there are mistakes or failure of the cabinet, everything of course woul...
AHMED ABDEL RAHMAN

Some people do not want democracy. (However) we are determined to have these primaries today.
AHMED ABDEL RAHMAN

He sabotaged the Mitchell report instead of accepting it when he said that he will continue building...
AHMED ABDEL RAHMAN

President Clinton listened in two meetings (to) our reservations on his initiative. And he promised ...
AHMED ABDEL RAHMAN

The right to statehood is no longer in question and it (the declaration) makes clear that negotiatio...
AHMED ABDEL RAHMAN

I have been a conspirator for so long that I mistrust all around me.
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER

Syria wants to show it has time to think about such issues.
AYMAN ABDEL NOUR

The U.S. and France don't want a regime change. They want the actions of the regime to change. A reg...
AYMAN ABDEL NOUR

The regime wants to reach some kind of agreement because they want to stay in power. The problem may...
AYMAN ABDEL NOUR

There is no chaos. There is no probability, zero, for a coup.
AYMAN ABDEL NOUR

In the street this morning they followed me. This is new.
AYMAN ABDEL NOUR

Now there is fear in the street. For me the fact that the demonstration wasn't well organized and di...
AYMAN ABDEL NOUR

It's started. All of the vents are open.
ISMAIL ABDEL VETAH

This regime cannot be reformed, so there is nothing left but to oust it.
ABDEL HALIM KHADDAM

The trial would proceed in the absence of the defendant because the defendant would refuse to cooper...
ABDEL HAQ ALANI

It's very dangerous. The timing is extremely important. He's sensing that there's a failed state in ...
ABDEL BARI ATWAN

You? Nervous? Man, you've got more balls than any girl I've ever known!'

'You've known some weird girls, then," I say, raising an eyebrow at him.

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You? Nervous? Man, you've got more balls than any girl I've ever known!'

'You've known some weird girls, then," I say, raising an eyebrow at him.

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