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" I grew up in a conservative household. That was the life of the time in Egypt: a conservative, middle-class household. "

Mohamed ElBaradei

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" I lose my temper at home. I try to control my temper at work. Sometimes, if you are under a lot of pressure, you let off some steam, but I also try not to do that because it's unfair to my wife. "

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" It is going to take a long time to switch Egypt into a democracy. "

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" I do not want to see the whole Egyptian people feel protected by my presence. They really have to fight for their freedom whether I'm there or not. "

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" You're shooting yourself in the foot if you isolate or disempower the moderates. "

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" Music gives me a lot of peace, either classic music with its structure or the spontaneity of Miles Davis. It brings the best in you. "

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" My sister-in-law works for a group that supports orphanages in Cairo. She and her colleagues take care of children left behind by circumstances beyond their control. They feed these children, clothe them, and teach them to read. "

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" I hear that from so many different governments, people coming to me and saying, 'You should be careful'. But I don't want to go around with bodyguards. "

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" The gap between rich and poor is widening dramatically. There's a hangar at the Cairo airport for private jets, billionaires are on the Forbes list, and Egypt's annual per-capita income is two thousand dollars. How can you sustain that? "

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" If a huge number of people call for change, the government will have to react. If you want to avoid uprisings, or demonstrations, you need to respond to the people's desperate need for change. "

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