Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber Quotes
To be in the privileged position where I am able to give something back is, for me, perhaps the single most important measure of success.
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If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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I've had a hip replacement, I've beaten cancer, I had my hand operation, and I stopped drinking. Something inside of me just went, 'I'm done.'
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
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So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.
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Cotton Mather's publications in his own lifetime amounted to more than 400 titles, and his magnum opus, on which he labored most of his life, remains unpublished: a commentary on every verse of every book of the Bible. Anyone who leaves that kind of record behind issues an irresistible invitation to historians.
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I want to be a major force.
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Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.
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I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers.
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I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
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To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.
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You don't want to treat any one person as oracular.
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When I was younger, my family would go camping and fishing on our ranches. My dad loves being around all kinds of animals. He's the one who got me to be a really big animal lover.
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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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I am attracted by almost any French word - written or spoken. Before I knew its meaning, I thought 'saucisson' so exquisite that it seemed the perfect name to give a child - until I learned it meant 'sausage!'
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The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude. And then I come in and hopefully have something, then I wrestle with sounds and picture all day long. But the ideas usually come from a more obscure place, like a conversation with a director, a still somebody shows you, or whatever.
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That's a real problem when people bring exotics into their homes. Sometimes it's by accident, but sometimes it's on purpose.
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I'm constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don't train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business.
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When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.
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It's a great feeling knowing you've helped someone. That's what I've spent my life doing and my practice.
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Like everyone, I was a huge fan of David Boies, and from what I knew about him, I thought he might 'get' me. So I sent him an email. I said I want to practice law but that I didn't want to stop writing and I asked if there was any way I could practice law for him.
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Heal the world, make it a better place.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit - a reputation, character.
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To be in the privileged position where I am able to give something back is, for me, perhaps the single most important measure of success.
