Abdelkader El Djezairi Quotes
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.
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What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
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My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.
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In our Western culture, although death has come out of the closet, it is still not openly experienced or discussed. Allowing dying to be so intensely present enriches both the preciousness of each moment and our detachment from it.
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
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All my life I have fought corruption.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.
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If your kitchen smells good, your food lost something.
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I really want to do something in Europe. With a small movie, it can be an interesting challenge. But I have to get the right project. I don't think it's so important to go to Hollywood. All that trash that comes out of there! I don't want to do that.
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Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.
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Legolas in 'Lord Of The Rings' was sent as a bridge from his people into the world of dwarves and humans and wizards and everything else.
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I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again.
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The roles that have come into my life have taught me - and in that time period maybe I didn't even know it, but whatever came up or whatever it is that you have to express at that time, has benefitted me in a particular way.
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Happy the man who gains sagacity in youth, but thrice happy he who retains the fervour of youth in age.
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I think when you have an optimistic attitude, and you believe that God is guiding you, that you will find the good things in your life and that you will lead to good relationships and good people in your life. And you can make the most of what he's given you.
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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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Adam was created to be the friend and companion of God, he was to have dominion over all the life in the air and earth and sea, but one thing he was not to have dominion over, and that was himself.
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Fear that man who fears not God.
