- Intellectuals
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- Nov 07, 2020
Egyptian Quotes
Echoes of an ancient civilization.
This Egyptian quotes page highlights how deeply ancient mythology still lingers in everyday language, including the surprising origin behind a common word people say without realizing its roots. For more on world traditions, see our Culture quotes page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Garden
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- Nov 07, 2020
In popular Egyptian and regional culture, women are seen as weak, easy victims to temptation in the same way Eve couldn't resist that shiny apple in the Garden of Eden.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was an insurgency under President Hosni Mubarak in the 1990s. Egyptian police and soldiers fought weekly battles with Islamists in the sugarcane fields and thick reeds along the Nile in rural southern villages like Minya, Sohag, Enna and Assiout.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
For centuries, the Yangtze River - the longest in Asia - has played an important role in China's history, culture, and economy. The Yangtze is as quintessentially Chinese as the Nile is Egyptian or the Rhine is German. Many businesses use its name.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't pray for the land. We pray for the humans, all humans... starting with the president, Mohammed Morsi, and all officials, and for God to give everyone wisdom and responsibility to manage the affairs of this country and its people in true Egyptian spirit.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like individual scents on a girl, so you always recognize her and you keep her separate from other people in your head. I really love Egyptian musk. I've even gone to the mall and sprayed perfumes and just smelled them. I'm creepy. So creepy.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mubarak's regime is dead and finished. People will not go back to this. This is a farce being propagated by the Muslim Brotherhood to say that this revolution was supported by the remnants of the Mubarak regime. They have gone against the whole Egyptian society, and this is why they were removed.
- Judge
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to judge the performance of the Egyptian people by the standards of German or Chinese or American culture, then there is no room for judgment.
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a positive and personal relationship between the Egyptian people and the Syrian people.
- Normal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Egypt is practicing its very normal role on its soil and does not threaten anyone and there should not be any kind of international or regional concerns at all from the presence of Egyptian security forces.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am the first Egyptian civilian president elected democratically, freely, following a great, peaceful revolution.
- Escalator
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm building a glass pyramid over the Egyptian escalator where my body will be mummified, so my customers can come and see me forever.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
We in Israel certainly have a great interest in seeing peace, stability, and security restored to Egypt. We want nothing more than peace for the Egyptian people. We're not going to get involved in how Egypt, how the Egyptians should run themselves. That's an internal Egyptian affair.
- Attempting
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the age of 24, I found myself convicted in prison in Egypt, being blacklisted from three countries in the world for attempting to overthrow their governments, being subjected to torture in Egyptian jails, and sentenced to five years as a prisoner of conscience.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020