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I as a Muslim want you, as a Christian, to really be a perfect Christian. I want my Jewish friends to be perfect Jews, to live according to the highest principles of what it means to be a Jew, to be a Christian, to be a Muslim.
Feisal Abdul Rauf
You
Live
Christian
Jews
Muslim
Perfect
Highest
Principles
According
Friends
Want
Really
Means
Jew
Jewish
People do not want words - they want the sound of battle - the battle of destiny.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Battle
People
Words
Destiny
Sound
Want
Events are not a matter of chance.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Events
Matter
Chance
Egypt is coming back - is becoming - is going to become, you know, a center of excellence for the region and maybe for the rest of the world.
Hesham Qandil
You
World
Rest
Become
Back
Excellence
Know
Becoming
Coming
Going
Egypt
Maybe
Center
Region
The situation is not about Hosni Mubarak, but the reality is now about Egypt, its present, the future of its sons, all Egyptians are in the same trench, therefore, we should continue our national dialogue That have already started in the spirit of groups but not enemies.
Hosni Mubarak
Future
Reality
Enemies
National
Situation
Our
Trench
Spirit
About
Sons
Dialogue
Continue
Same
Egypt
Egyptians
Mubarak
Should
Therefore
Groups
Now
Present
Started
An honest observer of the evolution of conditions in Egypt would discover that terrorism is an alien phenomenon, strange to our values and heritage.
Hosni Mubarak
Terrorism
Strange
Alien
Values
Heritage
Our
Evolution
Would
Observer
Discover
Conditions
Egypt
Phenomenon
Honest
The true victory is the victory for democracy and pluralism.
Hosni Mubarak
Democracy
Victory
Pluralism
True
Any political system can commit mistakes and any state can commit mistakes. What is most important is to acknowledge these mistakes and put them right as soon as possible and put those behind them into account, bring them to account.
Hosni Mubarak
Political
Important
Mistakes
State
Those
System
Possible
Put
Soon
Most
Account
Political System
Commit
Any
Behind
Acknowledge
Them
Right
Bring
I would like to tell you as the president of the republic, I am not embarrassed to listen to the Youth of my country and to respond to them.
Hosni Mubarak
You
Youth
Country
President
Respond
Embarrassed
Tell
Would
Like
Am
Listen
Republic
Them
Citizens, the priority now is to recover trust between the Egyptian - amongst the Egyptians and to have trust and confidence in our economy and international reputation and the fact that the change that we have embarked on will carry on and there's no going back to the old days.
Hosni Mubarak
Confidence
Change
Trust
Old
Will
Reputation
Back
Our
Embarked
Carry
Citizens
Fact
Recover
Between
Days
Economy
Priority
Going
Egyptian
Egyptians
Old Days
International
Now
Amongst
I am telling you, as a president of the country, I do not find it a mistake to listen to you and to respond to your requests and demands. But it is shameful and I will not, nor will ever accept to hear foreign dictations, whatever the source might be or whatever the context it came in.
Hosni Mubarak
You
Mistake
Will
Country
Whatever
President
Respond
Telling
Find
Shameful
Demands
Accept
Am
Foreign
Context
Came
Hear
Nor
Source
Listen
Might
Requests
Your
Ever
Now, I don't know whether a film can change the world, but I know that it starts - I know the power of it - I know that it starts people thinking about how to change the world.
Jehane Noujaim
Change
People
World
Power
Thinking
Change The World
Starts
About
Know
How
Whether
Film
Now
When you have an American mother from the Midwest and an Egyptian father, you travel back and forth and see such completely different stories in the news about the exact same events. It makes you think, 'How is anybody able to understand or even have a dialogue when the basis of information is just so completely different?'
Jehane Noujaim
News
You
Travel
Events
Mother
Father
Think
Back
Exact
See
Able
About
Makes
Understand
How
Dialogue
American
Same
Egyptian
Just
Anybody
Different
Stories
Information
Midwest
Forth
Even
Basis
Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights are never given to you. They have to be fought for and they have to be taken.
Jehane Noujaim
You
Change
Rights
Fight
People
Fighting
Rights Movement
Kind
Civil
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Movement
Given
Never
Had
Taken
Taking
Look
Any
Movement
Fought
Keep
Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy.
Jehane Noujaim
Kind
Like
Glorified
Spy
Being
Filmmaker
It would be nice to be in one place for a while and have a social life again and get a job. But I'm not qualified to do anything. That's the problem.
Jehane Noujaim
Life
Problem
Job
Be Nice
Nice
Would
Would-Be
Qualified
Get
Anything
Place
While
Again
Social
Social Life
Al Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it.
Jehane Noujaim
Father
States
Would
Would-Be
Egypt
Al
United
Al Jazeera
United States
Watching
You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity.
Jehane Noujaim
You
Opportunity
States
Critical
Arabs
Know
Democratic
Also
Policy
Principles
Foreign
Foreign Policy
United
United States
Associate
I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.
Jehane Noujaim
Love
Learning
People
Drop
Films
Other
Worlds
Constantly
Able
Because
Making
Continue
Goal
Being
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
Work
Education
Health
Live
Garbage
Living
Collectors
Volunteer
Doing
Lot
Very
Egypt
Where
Poor
Younger
Used
Communities
In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.
Jehane Noujaim
You
Conflict
People
Challenge
Looking
Films
Constantly
Making
Surprise
Going
Who
Traveling around the world during the World Cup in 2006, I was thinking, 'Wow, this is such an incredible and global event.'
Jehane Noujaim
World
Thinking
Incredible
Wow
Global
Around
Cup
Event
Traveling
World Cup
When I hear the words 'activist filmmaking,' I think of somebody who's an activist, who wants to prove a particular point.
Jehane Noujaim
Words
Somebody
Think
Point
Particular
Prove
Hear
Wants
Who
Activist
Filmmaking
There are different opinions across the Middle East of Al-Jazeera. They've been kicked out of Egypt and Jordan and then let back in; they've been totally banned from Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Syria.
Jehane Noujaim
Different Opinions
Back
Kicked
Syria
East
Out
Arabia
Totally
Jordan
Opinions
Been
Egypt
Middle
Different
Banned
Middle East
Then
Across
Sudan
Saudi
Saudi Arabia
As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family.
Magdi Yacoub
Family
Heart
Surgeon
Giving
Constant
Like
Call
Am
Lectures
Researching
What I worry about is the lack of understanding in society around the world that there is a divide in the world between those who have and those who do not.
Magdi Yacoub
World
Understanding
Society
Worry
Those
About
Divide
Between
Around
Lack
Who
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