Mokattam Egypt Quotes

#1. You can't put a price tag on preparation for a pandemic.

Richard E. Besser

#2. Why is it that in this courtroom I face a white magistrate, am confronted by a white prosecutor and escorted into the dock by a white orderly? Can anyone honestly and seriously suggest that in this type of atmosphere the scales of justice are evenly balanced?

Nelson Mandela

#3. What is your name?" she murmured.
He cocked an eyebrow at her and then went back to staring at his brother. "I'm the evil one, in case you haven't figured it out."
"I wanted your name, not your calling."
"Being a bastard's more of a compulsion, really. And it's Zsadist. I am Zsadist.

J.R. Ward

#4. When I see beautiful clothes, I want to keep them, preserve them ... Clothes, like architecture and art, reflect an era.

Azzedine Alaia

#5. There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to volunteer there, doing health and education work when I was younger and living in Egypt.

Jehane Noujaim

#6. People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

George R R Martin

#7. If I have got a feeling or emotion, I just express it as it comes. I am not good at filtering!

Nathalie Emmanuel

#8. If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

#9. And grade every simile and metaphor from one star to five, and remove any threes or below. It hurts when you operate, but afterwards you feel much better.

David Mitchell

#10. I think George Bush is one of the most duplicitous presidents we've ever had.

Jean O'Leary

#11. No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.

Abraham Lincoln

#12. How oddly do life and death jostle each other in this strange world of ours! How nearly allied are smiles and tears!

Shirley Bassey

#13. keep me from ridin' trail. But you're acting

Zane Grey

#14. I swear, sometimes I am convinced my life is just a series of sketches for America's Funniest Home Videos, minus all that pants-dropping business. Except my life really isn't all that funny if you think about it.

Meg Cabot

#15. Maybe my great struggle, and it's probably not anything different from too many other people, but it certainly is what drives the music, is a hugely internal one.

El-P

#16. What are we going to do with all this love?

Jandy Nelson