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title: "2 Took Writing Quotes By Sharif Abdel Kouddous"
description: "2 Took Writing quotes by Sharif Abdel Kouddous. Plus more from Sharif Abdel Kouddous and more Took Writing sayings from other authors."
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> [ I hated the culture \[working in the bank\], I hated the work. I very quickly realized that this wasn't what I wanted to do. So, after two years, I took some writing courses - I always loved to write -… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharif-abdel-kouddous/i-hated-the-culture-working-in-the-bank-i-hated-the-work-i-very/)

[Sharif Abdel Kouddous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharif-abdel-kouddous/)

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> [I hated the culture, I hated the work. I very quickly realized that this wasn't what I wanted to do. So, after two years, I took some writing courses - I always loved to write - and I figured the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharif-abdel-kouddous/i-hated-the-culture-i-hated-the-work-i-very-quickly-realized-that/)

[Sharif Abdel Kouddous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharif-abdel-kouddous/)

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## More by Sharif Abdel Kouddous

> [I really wasn't very involved politically with anything up until that point. Then I started reading about the second Palestinian Intifada, and I spoke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharif-abdel-kouddous/i-really-wasn-t-very-involved-politically-with-anything-up-until-that/)

[Sharif Abdel Kouddous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharif-abdel-kouddous/)

> [I was three years old when Hosni Mubarak came into power. I've lived under Hosni Mubarak nearly all my entire life. Even before he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharif-abdel-kouddous/i-was-three-years-old-when-hosni-mubarak-came-into-power-i-ve-lived/)

[Sharif Abdel Kouddous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharif-abdel-kouddous/)

> [ I hated the culture \[working in the bank\], I hated the work. I very quickly realized that this wasn't what I wanted to do.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharif-abdel-kouddous/i-hated-the-culture-working-in-the-bank-i-hated-the-work-i-very/)

[Sharif Abdel Kouddous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharif-abdel-kouddous/)

> [I hated the culture, I hated the work. I very quickly realized that this wasn't what I wanted to do. So, after two years,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharif-abdel-kouddous/i-hated-the-culture-i-hated-the-work-i-very-quickly-realized-that/)

[Sharif Abdel Kouddous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharif-abdel-kouddous/)

> [Mubarak was the glue that held this very leaderless and organic and very pluralistic mix of people together. Now that he's gone, there's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharif-abdel-kouddous/mubarak-was-the-glue-that-held-this-very-leaderless-and-organic-and/)

[Sharif Abdel Kouddous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharif-abdel-kouddous/)

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