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> [Egyptians undergo an odd personality change behind the wheel of a car. In every other setting, aggression and impatience are frowned upon. The unofficial Egyptian anthem "Bokra, Insha'allah, Malesh" (Tomorrow, God Willing, Never Mind) isn't just an excuse for laziness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/egyptians-undergo-an-odd-personality-change-behind-the-wheel-of-a-car/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

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## More by Tony Horwitz

> [“I came here from Kansas,” he announced to his captive. “This is a slave state. I want to free all the Negroes in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/i-came-here-from-kansas-he-announced-to-his-captive-this-is-a-slave/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

> [During a mock battle attended by President Warren Harding in 1921, Marine Corps General Smedley D. Butler exhumed the arm \[of Stonewall Jackson; he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/during-a-mock-battle-attended-by-president-warren-harding-in-1921/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

> [“The way I see it," King said, "your great-grandfather fought and died because he believed my great-grandfather should stay a slave. I'm supposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/the-way-i-see-it-king-said-your-great-grandfather-fought-and-died/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

> [Even aimless journeys have a purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/even-aimless-journeys-have-a-purpose/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

> [“I asked him if he thought “there” was better than “here.” “Not better,” he said. “I mean, my great-great-grandpap got his leg shot off.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/i-asked-him-if-he-thought-there-was-better-than-here-not-better-he/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

> [“When the singing ended, I chatted with others in my pew, including a tall, aristocratic-looking man with pomaded gray hair. I told him about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/when-the-singing-ended-i-chatted-with-others-in-my-pew-including-a/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

> [“You asked how I'd define prejudice. That's it. Making assumptions about people you've never met.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/you-asked-how-i-d-define-prejudice-that-s-it-making-assumptions-about/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

> [I couldn't think of another city in the world that lined its streets with stone leviathans honoring failed rebels against the state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/i-couldn-t-think-of-another-city-in-the-world-that-lined-its-streets/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

> [“Cook,” the historian Bernard Smith speculates, “increasingly realised that wherever he went he was spreading the curses much more liberally than the benefits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/cook-the-historian-bernard-smith-speculates-increasingly-realised/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

> [ “My life has been of but little worth mostly fild \[sic\] up with vanity.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/my-life-has-been-of-but-little-worth-mostly-fild-sic-up-with-vanity/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

> [Egyptians undergo an odd personality change behind the wheel of a car. In every other setting, aggression and impatience are frowned upon. The unofficial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/egyptians-undergo-an-odd-personality-change-behind-the-wheel-of-a-car/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

> [“At one stop in New Zealand, an Englishman bartered for sex. He was presented with a boy; when he complained, he was presented with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/at-one-stop-in-new-zealand-an-englishman-bartered-for-sex-he-was/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

> [There are people one knows and people one doesn't. One shouldn't cheapen the former by feigning intimacy with the latter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/there-are-people-one-knows-and-people-one-doesn-t-one-shouldn-t/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

> [“The best you can do is catch an echo of the man. You can never reach out and touch him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/the-best-you-can-do-is-catch-an-echo-of-the-man-you-can-never-reach/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

> [I am an agnostic on most matters of faith, but on the subjects of maps I have always been a true believer. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-horwitz/i-am-an-agnostic-on-most-matters-of-faith-but-on-the-subjects-of-maps/)

[Tony Horwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-horwitz/)

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