Moustapha Akkad Quotes
I did the film because it is a personal thing for me. Besides its production values as a film, it has its story, its intrigue, its drama.
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I was not so committed to financial success that I was willing to abandon my principles and priorities. One of the most visible examples of this is our decision to close on Sunday.
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I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.
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I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.
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There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it's a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they will be seen by others through their work. When you create, you aspire to do justice to yourself, to remake yourself, and there is always the fear that you will expose the very thing that you hoped to transform.
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Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.
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If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.
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I tour with a piano, actually. Luckily I am able to hire people that deal with it completely and magically a piano appears on stage and then magically disappears when I leave.
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The business models in enterprise have changed pretty dramatically. A huge problem with enterprise software traditionally has been usually you sell to the customer and then they adopt the technology. The great thing about 'freemium' and the new way enterprise software is being sold is you get to try it first and then buy it.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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In my personal life, I would just feel like, I will always be cool with everyone.
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It's not ideal to always be one eye on the Blackberry and two arms around my children. For the sake of mothers out there who don't have the Blackberry but do have the children and are hoping someone will be raising their voice on their behalf, it's a great privilege.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.
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At a certain point in your career - I mean, part of the answer is a personal answer, which is that at a certain point in your career, it becomes more satisfying to help entrepreneurs than to be one.
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Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.
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The man who would forge to the front in this competitive age must be a man of prompt and determined decision.
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I'm not anxious to starve myself. For me, it's not at all sexy to be ultra-thin.
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I think art is, unfortunately, sometimes our only shot at communicating our indignation safely and effectively.
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I did the film because it is a personal thing for me. Besides its production values as a film, it has its story, its intrigue, its drama.
