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Egypt is among the most beautiful countries I have visited - the pyramids, the temples and the landscape are absolutely exotic. I even enjoyed the barbecue dinner on a boat on the Nile. We shot in a number of places and I`ve come back with fond memories of my trip.

- Katrina Kaif

The fence is moveable. We moved a fence that we had with Egypt after we signed the peace treaty with them. We moved the fence with Jordan and Lebanon.

- Silvan Shalom

The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.

- Northrop Frye

We are not at war with Egypt. We are in an armed conflict.

- Anthony Eden

I am damn good. I am doing all this for Egypt and nothing else. I reject 70 per cent of media interviews while these people who accuse me are running after them.

- Zahi Hawass

People had already settled the islands in the Mediterranean and around Great Britain long before the first pharaoh built the pyramids in Egypt.

- Thor Heyerdahl

Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose rulers are perhaps more terrified of women than rulers anywhere else in the world, allowed limited municipal elections.

- Suzanne Fields

We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.

- Naguib Mahfouz

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.

- Naguib Mahfouz

In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.

- Naguib Mahfouz

I believe that Egypt in its own way, the Palestinians when they are given a chance, and others will before long move towards greater democracy.

- Douglas Hurd

Our hearts and prayers go out to the people in London and in Egypt. We`re very concerned about it. We are providing our expertise to aid in the investigation in London.

- Aidan Troy

An honest observer of the evolution of conditions in Egypt would discover that terrorism is an alien phenomenon, strange to our values and heritage.

- Alexandre Oliveira

We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we`re excited about that.

- Amaya Smith

Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror.

- Amitabh Ray

But my friends, these people in Egypt have stood by us in a tough, tough neighborhood.

- Andre Godin

Well, one thing that has happened is they have had a presidential election in Egypt which has represented progress. Now, we were not happy with everything that happened with the parliamentary elections, and it was not exactly a perfect presidential election in Egypt.

- Andre Godin

You have not protected the people of Egypt, you have protected the people in power.

- Anne Dunkelberg

Denial ain`t just a river in Egypt.

- Mark Twain

Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass. And when the dam bursts, all you can do is swim. The world of pretend is a cage, not a cocoon. We can only lie to ourselves for so long. We are tired, we are scared, denying it doesn`t change the truth. Sooner or later we have to put aside our denial and face the world. Head on, guns blazing. De Nile. It`s not just a river in Egypt, it`s a freakin` ocean. So how do you keep from drowning in it?

- Meredith Grey