Abdullah Abdullah Quotes
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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I love the game and I am so lucky to be able to do what I love.
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I can improve it a little bit. But it's my head, it's the way I am. So at the end of the day, I will be who I am and I will win how much I can win.
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Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.
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Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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I'm just going to go with it for as long as it lasts.
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I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences.
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Poets are seen as the caretakers of language, so working with words no matter what the form is what we do.
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An enlarged global public society, with its many dissenting and corrective voices, can quickly call the bluff of lavishly credentialled and smug intellectual elites.
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I have people who say, 'You should dress up like this, or you should dress more modest; you should cover up more.' And then, at the other end of the spectrum, you have, like, 'Why are you still wearing your scarf? You're in America, you know.'
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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If you're in your early 20s and you're hanging out with a bunch of other people in their early 20s, nobody has a sense of the kinds of problems that real 'workers' run into every day. They're running into a completely different set of problems like 'What's the party going on right now that I should be going to?'
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Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.
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A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
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Private sector has no issue in coming into infrastructure sector. They know very well that infrastructure is one area that can give you very steady long-term returns.
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I know how I want to operate as an artist. And that is by having an honest, genuine dialogue about this kind of screwed up journey I've had that I'm so thankful for.
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The more I learned about the history of religion, the more my earlier misgivings appeared justified. The doctrines that I had accepted without question as a child were indeed man-made, constructed over a long period. Science seemed to have disposed of the Creator God, and biblical scholars had proved that Jesus had never claimed to be divine.
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I was fortunate to be raised by loving grandparents.
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I adore this adventure, I adore working with youth. For me it's a daily challenge, working to help these youths realize their dreams.
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It is a major challenge. We are aware of it.
