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Tahar Ben Jelloun

"I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity."

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"I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity."

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Amber Hurdle

"If the universe is anything, it should be fun."

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Amber Hurdle

"It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak."

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Amber Hurdle

"It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son."

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Amber Hurdle

"No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was."

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Amber Hurdle

"I beg. I call. I badger. I cajole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and that's really motivating."

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Amber Hurdle

"The imaginary world has always been the most fun place for me to be."

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Amber Hurdle

"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun."

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Amber Hurdle

"The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and saying things, but now usually it's because they recognize me, and they say nice things."

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Amber Hurdle

"Part of me wanted something bloody and really fun."

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Amber Hurdle

"Do you know anything that in all its innocence is more humiliating than the funny pages of a Sunday newspaper in America?"

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals."

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"People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work."

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"We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the Arab world."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must participate with the West on an equal footing in the reconstruction of the world."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun
"We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side."

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