Mahmoud Darwish Quotes
I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews.
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I am not a fitness freak, but I do my regular exercises.
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I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.
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To my surprise, I have an Emmy nomination, and I have never even been to the Emmys! So it's like I am Cinderella. But actually having thought about it, I am Cinder-elder!
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I can walk into a bookstore and hand over my credit card and they don't know who the hell I am. Maybe that says something about bookstore clerks.
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But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age.
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I am trying to do comedy on every single medium. I consider myself a public servant.
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The reason I hate publicists is because I think if we got rid of them everything would be on equal footing.
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The No. 1 thing I am earnestly attracted to is intelligence.
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I know what I've done, and I know who I am.
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I am proud of what I've done.
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Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate.
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I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
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The less lines, the better. I am the silent film actor, but not in a slapstick sort of way. Film is an image-based medium, so whatever you can say without the words is far more provocative and punctuating. If the lines are not funny or if they don't advance the story, sometimes it's hard. I hate talk in movies.
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I am not sure why, but I have been obsessed by the Atom Bomb ever since it first happened.
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I feel disconnected, like I don't know where I am, if I'm on my phone too much. I'm also just the type to call. I'm not good on text.
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I can't not be who I am.
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I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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We live in a small world. Not a leaf falls that doesn't affect a myriad of things. When we reach out to someone in love and the effect is made - everyone, everything which comes in contact with the person we've effected is better for it. Of course, the converse is true, too.
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The first movie, I was 23; I thought I knew everything, but my ego soon took an irrevocable blow.
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At the start of each week, I generally cook a box of quinoa, and while it's simmering, I saute onions, garlic and any veggies I have on hand in a separate pan. I season the vegetables with Spike, a seasoning blend my mom always used when I was growing up, or a little Bragg Liquid Aminos. I always add crushed red pepper and chopped fresh herbs.
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The talk about balance, nuclear balance, seems to me to be metaphysical and doesn't seem to be real at all.
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As much as I love to dive into the action early, I think the hero's journey is important - the idea that the reader needs to experience the protagonist's everyday life before you turn that world upside down.
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I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews.
