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We must nurture creative scientists in an environment that encourages interactions and collaborations across different fields, and support research free from weighty bureaucracies.
Ahmed Zewail
Creative
Nurture
Free
Research
Collaborations
Must
Environment
Support
Weighty
Scientists
Encourages
Different
Interactions
Fields
Across
The vast majority of Muslims are moderates working for a better future and seeking a peaceful life.
Ahmed Zewail
Life
Future
Better
Muslims
Seeking
Better Future
Vast
Vast Majority
Majority
Moderates
Working
Peaceful
As a cultural product of both 'East' and 'West', I do not believe there is a fundamental basis for a clash of civilisations, or that the West is the cause of all problems.
Ahmed Zewail
Cause
Problems
Believe
East
Clash
Both
West
Cultural
Product
Fundamental
Basis
The Muslim Brotherhood and the Salifist parties are a real force in the Egyptian society. No civil, liberal government can succeed, even after new elections, if the Islamists are forced to work underground as a foe and the country remains divided.
Ahmed Zewail
Work
Government
Country
Society
Liberal
Foe
Muslim
Civil
Brotherhood
Divided
Remains
New
Parties
Underground
Force
Forced
Islamists
Real
Egyptian
After
Succeed
Elections
Even
Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.
Anwar Sadat
People
Enslaved
Possess
Seek
Most
Very
Want
After
Acquire
Things
A revolution is not an event. It's a process. And it takes its time.
Bassem Youssef
Time
Revolution
Takes
Process
Event
A lot of people tend to glorify the role of satire and comedians. They put them up as role models, as fighters for the truth and against tyranny, and I think that's overrated.
Bassem Youssef
Truth
Satire
People
Tyranny
Think
Tend
Put
Comedians
Glorify
Overrated
Lot
Up
Role
Role Models
Models
Against
Them
Fighters
What I hope to do in the States is to break up this stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs. I mean, we are basically the only sub-culture that is not represented in Hollywood. And it's funny because everybody is talking about the Muslim world and the Arab world, and we are not represented.
Bassem Youssef
Funny
Hope
World
Everybody
States
Arab
Arab World
Muslim
Muslim World
Muslims
Arabs
About
Only
Stereotyping
Talking
Because
Up
Break
Break Up
Mean
Hollywood
Basically
The joke is mightier than the sword.
Bassem Youssef
Joke
Than
Mightier
Sword
We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
Bassem Youssef
Doctor
Engineer
Brother
Brothers
Am
Two
We have dealt with the Arab/Muslim problem in the American media in every single way but through comedy. Hollywood has always been lagging behind comedy... We can make fun of ourselves, too, and I'm inviting us to laugh with us - and all the misconceptions.
Bassem Youssef
Problem
Comedy
Single
Every
Too
Way
Laugh
Ourselves
Misconceptions
Through
Inviting
Make
Always
Dealt
Been
American
Behind
Hollywood
Us
Fun
Media
The Dark Satirist, like the Dark Knight - that could be a good name for a superhero.
Bassem Youssef
Good
Dark
Superhero
Could
Knight
Name
Like
Satirist
Sarcasm all around the world is always against right wing and against people in power. That's the definition of political sarcasm.
Bassem Youssef
People
World
Political
Power
Right-Wing
Definition
All-Around
Wing
Around
Always
Against
Sarcasm
Right
For President Clinton, according to this discussion I had with him, Rwanda was a marginal problem.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Problem
President
President Clinton
Had
Him
Clinton
According
Discussion
Marginal
For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
You
Genocide
Able
Were
Germany
Happened
Realize
Us
Create
Chamber
Gas
The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there was no more a peacekeeping operation because there was no peace.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Change
Peace
Somalia
More
Involved
Operation
Because
Were
Discovered
Began
Where
Peacekeeping
The fact that you had disruptions in the peace process was not only in Rwanda. We had the same problem in Cambodia, we had the same problem in Mozambique, we had the same problem in Salvador.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
You
Peace
Problem
Only
Fact
Had
Cambodia
Salvador
Same
Process
Peace Process
Disruption
The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Failure
Aggressive
United Nations
Enough
Members
Security
Security Council
Council
Retrospective
Maybe
Nations
United
We got involved in the Rwanda peace process for the simple reason that there was a decision which was taken by the Security Council, because the troops were in Uganda, and we decided to have a military presence.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Peace
Simple
Decision
Military
Security
Security Council
Troops
Simple Reason
Council
Taken
Involved
Because
Got
Uganda
Were
Decided
Process
Which
Reason
Peace Process
Presence
But at the beginning, our definition of the genocide was what happened to Armenia in 1917 or 1919, it's happened to the Jew in Europe, and we were not realizing - In our point of view, they have not the tools to do a genocide.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Genocide
Beginning
Tools
Our
Definition
Point
Point Of View
Armenia
Were
Happened
Realizing
View
Europe
Jew
But I believe that the DPKO at this time was very much involved with American administration and was acting, taking on consideration the demand or the recommendation of the American administration. American administration was very powerful.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Time
Believe
Consideration
Recommendation
Administration
Taking
Powerful
Demand
Involved
Very
American
Much
Acting
It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Me
Mistake
World
Father
Important
Everybody
President
Later
France
Minister
Given
Wrong
Leaders
Prime
Prime Minister
Most
Years
Discovered
Mandate
The Most Important
Chinese
Bush
Acting
Many
Basis
I'm very happy to play at the World Cup, and that is a message to all footballers and others around the world, that you should believe in your dreams and fight to make them come true.
Essam El Hadary
Dreams
You
Happy
Fight
World
Believe
Others
True
Footballers
Come
Message
Make
Around
Cup
Very
Them
Should
Your
Your Dreams
World Cup
Play
Rooney is one of the best forwards in the world, if not the best.
Essam El Hadary
Best
World
Forwards
I'm proud of my long career but playing in the World Cup is something special for any player. There is no limit to my ambition and I have always been determined to achieve that objective.
Essam El Hadary
World
Achieve
Long
Ambition
Objective
No Limit
Determined
Something
Long Career
Something Special
Limit
Always
Proud
Been
Cup
Any
Special
World Cup
Player
Playing
Career
We all have a loyalty to our country, we want to serve our country. It's in our nature.
Essam El Hadary
Nature
Loyalty
Country
Our
Want
Serve
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