Egypt

Arab Republic of Egypt
جمهورية مصر العربية
Ǧumhūriyyat Maṣr al-ʿArabiyyah

Egypt i/ˈiːdʒɪpt/ (Arabic: مصر‎ Miṣr, Egyptian Arabic: [mɑsˤɾ], Literary Arabic: [mesˤr]; Coptic: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ Kīmi ; Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲏⲙⲉ Kēme), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: جمهورية مصر العربية (help·info), is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Covering an area of about 1,010,000 square kilometers (390,000 sq mi), Egypt is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west.

Egypt is one of the most populous countries in Africa and the Middle East. The great majority of its over 82.2 million people live near the banks of the Nile River, in an area of about 40,000 square kilometers (15,000 sq mi), where the only arable land is found. The large areas of the Sahara Desert are sparsely inhabited. About half of Egypt's residents live in urban areas, with most spread across the densely populated centres of greater Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities in the Nile Delta.

Monuments in Egypt such as the Giza pyramid complex and its Great Sphinx were constructed by its ancient civilization. Its ancient ruins, such as those of Memphis, Thebes, and Karnak and the Valley of the Kings outside Luxor, are a significant focus of archaeological study. The tourism industry and the Red Sea Riviera employ about 12% of Egypt's workforce.

The economy of Egypt is one of the most diversified in the Middle East, with sectors such as tourism, agriculture, industry and service at almost equal production levels.

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Egyptian Proverb

Beauty

¶ The beetle is a beauty in the eyes of its mother.

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Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

Joseph Addison (May 1 1672 – June 17 1719) was an English politician and writer. His name is often remembered in tandem with that of his friend, Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine.

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Admiration

@ Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.
Joseph Addison in Spectator No. 256 (24 December 1711).

Courage

@ I think the Romans call it Stoicism. [Joseph Addison, Cato, A Tragedy (1713), Act I, scene 4.]

Friendship

@ The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure;
Ours has severest virtue for its basis,
And such a friendship ends not but with life.
[Joseph Addison, in Cato, A Tragedy (1713), Act III, scene 1.]

Henry Beston

Henry Beston

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Quotes·Quotations by Henry Beston

Autumn

¶ The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools.

Ken Blanchard (1939~ )

Ken Blanchard (1939~ )

Kenneth Hartley Blanchard (born May 6, 1939) is an American author and management expert.

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Quotes·Quotations by Ken Blanchard

Attitude

¶ Don't quack like a duck.. soar like an eagle.

Work

¶ As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there.

¶ People who produce good results feel good about themselves.

¶ When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home.

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Ed Bluestone

Ed Bluestone

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Quotes·Quotation

Food·Dieting

¶ I have a great diet. You're allowed to eat anything you want, but you must eat it with naked fat people.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English novelist, playwright, and politician.

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Quotes·Quotations by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Advice

¶ Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword.
[Richelieu (1839)]

Attitudes

¶ When people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.

Heart

¶ A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
[The Disowned (1828), Chapter xxxiii.]

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Edward Estlin Cummings (1894-1962)

E. E. Cummings (1894-1962)

Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e.e. cummings (in the style of some of his poems—see name and capitalization, below), was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is remembered as a preeminent voice of 20th century poetry.

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Quotes·Quotations by Edward Estlin Cummings

Acceptance

¶ It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.

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Edward Grandpa Jones

Edward Grandpa Jones

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Quotes·Quotations by Edward Grandpa Jones

Food·Dieting

¶ Chocolate is like medicine - but as with medicine, the key is the proper dose. Don't overdo it.

¶ If food is your best friend, it's also your worst enemy.

Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973)

Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973)

Edward G. Robinson (Yiddish: עמנואל גאָלדנבערג Emanuel Goldnberg; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor. A popular star during Hollywood's Golden Age, he is best remembered for his roles as gangsters, such as Rico in his star-making film Little Caesar and as Rocco in Key Largo. Other memorable roles include Barton Keyes in the film noir Double Indemnity, and as Dathan in The Ten Commandments. Robinson was selected for an Honorary Academy Award for his work in the film industry, which was posthumously awarded two months after the actor's death in 1973. He was included in the American Film Institute's list of the 25 greatest male stars in American cinema.

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Quotes·Quotations by Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson as Cesare Enrico Rico Bandello from Little Caesar (1930)

¶ Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Rico?

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Edward Teller (1908-2003)

Edward Teller (1908-2003)

Edward Teller (Hungarian: Teller Ede; January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist, known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb", even though he claimed he did not care for the title. Teller made numerous contributions to nuclear and molecular physics, spectroscopy (the Jahn–Teller and Renner–Teller effects), and surface physics. His extension of Fermi's theory of beta decay (in the form of the so-called Gamow–Teller transitions) provided an important stepping stone in the applications of this theory. The Jahn–Teller effect and the BET theory have retained their original formulation and are still mainstays in physics and chemistry. Teller also made contributions to Thomas–Fermi theory, the precursor of density functional theory, a standard modern tool in the quantum mechanical treatment of complex molecules. In 1953, along with Nicholas Metropolis and Marshall Rosenbluth, Teller co-authored a paper which is a standard starting point for the applications of the Monte Carlo method to statistical mechanics.

Teller emigrated to the United States in the 1930s, and was an early member of the Manhattan Project charged with developing the first atomic bombs. During this time he made a serious push to develop the first fusion-based weapons as well, but these were deferred until after World War II. After his controversial testimony in the security clearance hearing of his former Los Alamos colleague J. Robert Oppenheimer, Teller was ostracized by much of the scientific community. He continued to find support from the U.S. government and military research establishment, particularly for his advocacy for nuclear energy development, a strong nuclear arsenal, and a vigorous nuclear testing program. He was a co-founder of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and was both its director and associate director for many years.

In his later years he became especially known for his advocacy of controversial technological solutions to both military and civilian problems, including a plan to excavate an artificial harbor in Alaska using thermonuclear explosives. He was a vigorous advocate of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative. Throughout his life, Teller was known both for his scientific ability and his difficult interpersonal relations and volatile personality, and is considered one of the inspirations for the character Dr. Strangelove in the 1964 movie of the same name.

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Quotes·Quotation

Life

¶ Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.

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