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If, by chance, you were to meet me at the Casablanca airport or on a boat sailing from Tangiers, you would think me self-confident, but I am not. Even now, at my age, I am frightened when crossing borders because I am afraid of failing to understand strangers.
Fatema Mernissi
Me
You
Age
Strangers
Think
Meet
Airport
Would
Borders
Casablanca
Crossing
Self-Confident
Failing
Because
Understand
Am
Sailing
Were
Frightened
Afraid
Boat
Even
Even Now
Now
Chance
When you succeed, at a certain point, you want to challenge yourself. Otherwise, you become boring. You become a has-been. It's not very interesting. I don't want to be this guy who has only succeeded in France.
Gad Elmaleh
You
Yourself
Challenge
Become
Otherwise
France
Has-Been
Boring
Guy
Only
Point
Very
Want
Interesting
Succeed
Succeeded
Certain
Certain Point
Who
If I were bombing with my jokes in English, I would go back to France. Maybe do that mime thing.
Gad Elmaleh
Jokes
Mime
Back
France
Would
Go
Were
Maybe
English
Bombing
Thing
In America, going on a date is really more like 'interview night.' You have to give your resume.
Gad Elmaleh
You
Resume
Interview
Give
More
Date
Like
America
Going
Really
Your
Night
When you succeed, at a certain point, you want to challenge yourself. Otherwise, you become boring. You become a has-been. It's not very interesting. I don't want to be this guy who has only succeeded in France. I could say, 'O.K., that's it; merci.' But I'm not interested in that.
Gad Elmaleh
You
Yourself
Challenge
Become
Otherwise
France
Say
Has-Been
Boring
Guy
Only
Point
Could
Very
Want
Not Interested
Interested
Interesting
Succeed
Succeeded
Certain
Certain Point
Who
I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.
Gad Elmaleh
People
Comedy
Passion
Laugh
Like
Make
Real
Real Passion
Want
I don't feel any need to play the role of the clown. In my private life I take a break from humor.
Gad Elmaleh
Life
Humor
Clown
Take
Feel
Private
Private Life
Role
Any
Break
Play
Need
Actually, I don't like dogs. I'm from Morocco, and people there don't like animals.
Gad Elmaleh
People
Animals
Morocco
Like
Dogs
Actually
America is where standup comedy was born. It's the standard. So you want to go and do your job where this is the mecca of what you do.
Gad Elmaleh
You
Comedy
Job
Born
Go
America
Where
Want
Your
Standard
Mecca
Standup
It's liberating to perform in another language. There are some subjects I would never talk about in French, where they see me as a public figure, that I talk about in English.
Gad Elmaleh
Me
Language
Liberating
Would
See
Some
About
Never
Perform
Talk
French
Another
Subjects
Where
Public
Public Figure
Figure
English
It's only fitting that a Jewish comic makes his Just for Laughs anglo debut in a church, right?
Gad Elmaleh
Church
Laughs
Only
Makes
Comic
His
Fitting
Debut
Just
Right
Jewish
I love the Comedy Cellar. The audience has no expectations because they don't know me. It's great. It's only winning - if I bomb, they just say, 'Oh, the French guy sucks.' But if I do well, then they remember me.
Gad Elmaleh
Love
Great
Me
Remember
Comedy
Say
Guy
Only
Winning
Remember Me
Know
French
Well
Because
Audience
Expectations
Cellar
Oh
Just
Then
Sucks
Bomb
I talk about my dad and the American dream, and I just want to say to Americans how fascinated we are by America. We would love Americans to look at the rest of the world that way sometimes.
Gad Elmaleh
Love
World
Sometimes
Rest
Way
Say
Dream
Would
About
Look
Talk
How
America
American
Just
American Dream
Want
Fascinated
Dad
There's so many funny things to say about being with Charlotte. I've worked on a few bits about it - not to be indiscreet but because the shock of culture and values is so interesting.
Gad Elmaleh
Funny
Culture
Values
Few
Funny Things
Say
Bits
About
Charlotte
Indiscreet
Because
Shock
Being
Interesting
Worked
Many
Things
When they don't know you, when you don't have credits and they're thinking, 'I don't know this French guy,' your first five minutes are trying to seduce them, trying to get them on your side. And it's not easy.
Gad Elmaleh
You
First
Thinking
Side
Easy
Seduce
Minutes
Guy
Know
French
Five
Get
Trying
Them
Your
Credits
After New York, Chicago is my favorite city. It's just this great mix of Europe and America. The friends I have there are smart and witty and fun.
Gad Elmaleh
Great
Smart
Favorite
City
New
Witty
Mix
Chicago
Friends
America
York
Just
New York
After
Europe
Fun
If you are not on TV, you don't really exist. I want to bring my comedy to the world and tell my story to a bigger audience.
Gad Elmaleh
You
World
Comedy
Tell
TV
Audience
Exist
Want
Bigger
Story
Really
Bring
I love coming to New York. I think I'm going to come really often here. I need to - for the show, for the comedy. I want to do the shows here and have a beer and hang out with the comedians.
Gad Elmaleh
Love
Beer
Comedy
Think
Out
New
Come
Comedians
Coming
York
Hang
Going
Often
New York
Want
Really
Show
Shows
Here
Need
As Commander of the Faithful, it is out of the question that I fight Islam. We need to fight violence and ignorance. It is true, when one strolls out, one sees women with scarves and men with beards. This has always been the case in Morocco. Morocco is built on tolerance.
Mohammed VI of Morocco
Ignorance
Fight
Women
Men
Islam
Faithful
Tolerance
Out
Case
Sees
Morocco
True
Always
Built
Commander
Been
Question
Violence
Need
My childhood was very sheltered. I grew up in a palace. But I lived in Morocco as a Moroccan citizen.
Mohammed VI of Morocco
Citizen
Morocco
Sheltered
Up
Very
Childhood
Grew
Lived
Palace
I have a lot of respect for His Majesty Juan Carlos. I call him Uncle Juan because he is an extraordinary person whom I have known for a long time.
Mohammed VI of Morocco
Time
Respect
Long
Uncle
Long Time
Extraordinary
He
Majesty
Juan
Call
Him
Known
Because
His
Lot
Person
Whom
Obesity is a problem that nearly every nation in the world is facing, but there is much that we can do to fix it.
Richard Attias
Problem
World
Nation
Every
Obesity
Facing
Fix
Much
Nearly
Every Nation
In the organization of any major sporting event or the planning of a building, long-term thinking is key.
Richard Attias
Key
Organization
Building
Thinking
Long-Term
Major
Sporting Event
Any
Planning
Event
Even an unsuccessful Olympic bid can be the source of change within a city if organizers adhere to their vision.
Richard Attias
Change
Vision
Adhere
City
Unsuccessful
Bid
Within
Source
Even
Olympic
Africa's agricultural sector has enormous scope for development, which would benefit both the continent's economy and its people.
Richard Attias
People
Enormous
Benefit
Sector
Would
Both
Development
Economy
Continent
Scope
Africa
Which
Agricultural
Improving Africa's farming sector would have multiple positive outcomes for African people.
Richard Attias
Positive
People
Sector
Would
Outcomes
Improving
Africa
African
Farming
Multiple
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