Maz Jobrani Quotes
I've always had a foot in everything. As a kid, I was active in sports and theater. Now, I'm learning I have to focus a bit. I'm trying to get to next projects, like writing a screenplay. Once that comes together, I could put my mind to another book - maybe a fun kids' book.
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I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.
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I didn't grow up with musical influences in my family.
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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I've always fought as a heavyweight, and I didn't see any reason to fight at a lighter weight.
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I never really have to sit at a desk thinking, 'What should I do now?' It doesn't work like that for me, and it never has. My thinking process is constant.
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I don't think any actors love taking their clothes off on film, unless you're an exhibitionist, which I'm certainly not.
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If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other.
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I'll work out with my trainer twice a week, and I'll do some Power Pilates and might throw in some yoga. I love to row also. The main thing for me is just to move every single day for 30 minutes to an hour.
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I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.
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Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.
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It's fun being paid to read stuff and air your opinion about it - pretty much a dream job for a writer.
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Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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You don't get happy by sitting around going on, 'Oh this is a horrible situation, what to do?' You've got to find the courage to change that. I think change is extremely hard for people.
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Private education can give you confidence, which is marvellous; a sense of entitlement isn't.
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Originally, I wanted a pop career and formed a girl-band 'Genie Queen' managed by Andy McClusky from 'Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark', but it didn't work out. My brother John is the talented singer and song-writer with 'The Razz,' while my other brother Sean is a footballer for Telford United.
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My mother was a trained nurse, and she'd tell me that patients would fight as they were administered anaesthetic, grappling to get the gas mask off their face.
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It took guts for Noah to build the ask because it had never rained. Got watered the earth with a mist.
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Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.
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Just go for it. Don't be afraid of trying new things. You have absolutely no idea what's going to present itself to you. Don't be frightened. Just buckle down and do whatever your heart desires.
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Order and reason, beauty and benevolence, are characteristics and conceptions which we find solely associated with the mind of man.
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An attitude of compassion does not mean looking down on someone, pitying them in their misery. Compassion is based on respect. We discuss life as equals, learn from each other and strive together to improve our lives.
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I've always had a foot in everything. As a kid, I was active in sports and theater. Now, I'm learning I have to focus a bit. I'm trying to get to next projects, like writing a screenplay. Once that comes together, I could put my mind to another book - maybe a fun kids' book.
