"This universe can very well be expressed in……" — Tahar Ben Jelloun
"This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue."
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Tahar Ben Jelloun
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49 Quotes by Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun has 49 quotes on this site.
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Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.
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People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists…
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At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets.
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An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not…
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Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.
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Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.
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I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.
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For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.
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I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French…
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I am glad to have found a readership, but one can’t write only what is likely to sell. A writer…
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I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to…
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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
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More Expressed Quotes
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one of 700 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.
— Hannah Arendt
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It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also…
— Aristotle
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The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight.
— Karen Armstrong
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
— Arthur Ashe
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To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite,…
— Charles Baudelaire
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Art is elemental. Reason alone as it's expressed in the sciences can't be man's complete answer to reality, and it…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've…
— John Boehner
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Here is what is needed for Occupy Wall Street to become a force for change: a clear, and clearly expressed,…
— Elayne Boosler
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The traditional spokespersons for the Evangelicals, such as Chuck Colson and James Dobson, have become alarmed about this drift away…
— Tony Campolo
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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy,…
— Winston Churchill
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When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.
— Luc de Clapiers
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The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted…
— Thomas Jefferson
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