Douglas Leone Quotes
We see China as a large market opportunity with similar cyclical economic cycles that occur throughout every economy.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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As scary as it is, I like making real, direct eye contact with people from the stage. In a sense, it's like modeling: that feeling of locking in and projecting some kind of emotion to try to captivate people.
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I'm used to having a lot of criticism. It's normal. It's normal when you come from South America, when you have a country pushing very hard in your back.
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I am from Karnal, India.
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Because I've done so many different roles, I don't want to repeat myself. It's getting harder and harder to find something interesting. You never know - I might never make a film again.
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We must keep both our femininity and our strength.
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Google never knew how successful key words would be. Facebook didn't know how successful Zynga would be.
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We do believe that freedom, the right to choose, the right to vote, respect and justice is the fundamental right of all people. All people must obtain these rights.
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I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story.
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I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but I either had a job at the time or, when I was available, the movie just didn't happen. Hopefully someday I'll do one.
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That's what the sari is about. Everything is covered, yet a peep of an ankle can be a turn on for men.
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The truth is I love musical theater and always have.
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
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We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
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The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem.
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I have to watch the news or my day is not complete.
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An important factor influencing intergenerational mobility and trends in inequality over time is economic opportunity.
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Submission to what people call their "lot" is simply ignoble. If your lot makes you cry and be wretched, get rid of it and take another; strike out for yourself; don't listen to the shrieks of your relations, to their gibes or their entreaties; don't let your own microscopic set prescribe your goings-out and comings-in; don't be afraid of public opinion in the shape of the neighbor in the next house, when all the world is before you new and shining, and everything is possible, if you will only be energetic and independent and seize the opportunity by the scruff of the neck.
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I think every first-person narrator in a novel should be compromised. I prefer that word to 'unreliable.'
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I think that food ties us to our community and our traditions, and it's the thing that makes us feel good and connected.
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I love to sleep. I'd sleep all day if I could.
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We see China as a large market opportunity with similar cyclical economic cycles that occur throughout every economy.
