Dana Hussein Quotes
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My interior is very, very dense - Proustian-looking, sort of Henry James. The walls are covered in pictures, and I transformed the big drawing room into a library lined with books.
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The day after I got an agent, I got called in for a role in a TV movie called 'Legion Of Fire: Killer Ants.'
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
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Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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'The Sound of Things Falling' may be a page turner, but it's also a deep meditation on fate and death. Even in translation, the superb quality of Vasquez's prose is evident, captured in Anne McLean's idiomatic English version. All the novel's characters are well imagined, original and rounded.
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Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two.
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Agriculture is a business that has been up to its bib overalls in politics since the first Thanksgiving dinner kickback to the Indians for subsidizing Pilgrim maize production with fish head fertilizer grants.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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I know I am a writer; it is the only thing I am sure of.
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I can do small things in a great way.
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I can't stand interpretation. I think it's one of the great scourges of the theater. I just think, 'Don't get in the way of the play.'
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We tend to think that when we're awake, we're on, and when we're sleeping our mind is off, but actually, we're not off. There's a lot going on!
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After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.
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Jose Palacios, his oldest servant, found him floating naked with his eyes open in the purifying waters of his bath and thought he had drowned.
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To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave.
