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Egypt was the first democracy in the Middle East. Women were unveiled in the 1920s. Egypt is a country of civilization, of culture. It shouldn't be suffering.

~Ahmed Zewail

Topics: Civilization Country Culture Democracy East Egypt First Middle Middle East Suffering Were Women 1920S

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Egypt had the first constitution in the Middle East that allowed for liberty. And it had democracy.

~Ahmed Zewail

Topics: Allowed Constitution Democracy East Egypt First Had Liberty Middle Middle East

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The uniqueness of the United States in human history is the United States is the first global power in human history which emerged far away from Africa or Asia, which is the main land of human history.

~Ahmet Davutoglu

Topics: Africa Asia Away Emerged Far Far Away First Global History Human Human History Land Main Power States Uniqueness United United States Which

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When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records. And I bought his contract for $2,500.

~Ahmet Ertegun

Topics: Any Artist Bought California Charles Contract First Flop He Heard His Label Ray Ray Charles Records Small Sold

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My first wife was a theater person.

~Ahmet Ertegun

Topics: First Person Theater Wife

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If anybody asks me where I'm from, my first inclination is to say, 'Washington,' because that's where I grew up meaningfully.

~Ahmet Ertegun

Topics: Anybody Ask Because First Grew Inclination Me Say Up Washington Where

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When you are in your teenage years you are consciously experiencing everything for the first time, so adolescent stories are all beginnings. There are never any endings.

~Aidan Chambers

Topics: Adolescent Any Beginnings Endings Everything Experiencing First First Time Never Stories Teenage Teenage Years Time Years You Your

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I will not compromise on language or content. At 15, people can handle the same language as me, they're just as complicated as me and are very interested in thinking about important questions for the first time.

~Aidan Chambers

Topics: About Complicated Compromise Content First First Time Handle Important Interested Just Language Me People Questions Same Thinking Time Very Will

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To start, I wasn't really interested in acting at all, and I didn't make much impact. The first play I was in was on for five nights and I didn't show up for two of them and nobody noticed. But I stayed because that's where my friends were, and after a while I found myself wanting to inhabit other people's worlds and lives.

~Aidan Gillen

Topics: Acting After Because First Five Found Friends Impact Inhabit Interested Lives Make Much Myself Nights Nobody Noticed Other People Play Really Show Start Stayed Them Two Up Wanting Were Where While Worlds

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Both 'The Wire' and 'Queer as Folk' had a big scope. They were panoramas, telling ambitious stories about two cities, Baltimore and Manchester, for the first time.

~Aidan Gillen

Topics: About Ambitious Baltimore Big Both Cities First First Time Folk Had Manchester Queer Scope Stories Telling Time Two Were Wire

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