Harold H. Greene Quotes
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Whatever work you do, you think are you doing this for the good of the nation? That's the basic training. The other basic training is discipline. Your life should be disciplined. The other thing they say is what work you get, do it well.
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Building codes are a good thing. People who throw rocks at inspectors are being naive. It's a lot like police officers; we want them around unless they stop us for a ticket. It's the same with inspectors.
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Back in the day, when the D.J. would be playing a record, I'd be on the mic trying to hype up the crowd. So once Public Enemy became a rap group, I decided that that's the role that I wanted to take on. I wanted to be the one that was hyping, because I've always been good at it. I can hype up any crowd.
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I practice on the roads of Gaza as we don't have good stadiums and tracks so I gave my best.
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This is kind of weird, but I eat lemons with salt as snack. They're so good!
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I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
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For fiction, I'm not particularly nationalistic. I'm not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work.
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The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.
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'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join.
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I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.
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I'll never forget one morning I walked in and I had a hell of a bruise - it had been a difficult night the night before - and a client said to me, 'Good God, Vidal, what happened to your face?' And I said, 'Oh, nothing, madam, I just fell over a hairpin.'
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My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.
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Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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Sport's always a good thing - it's healthy, and it takes your mind off other things.
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I always felt like I'm a good one-on-one defensive player.
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I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but then, Rembrandt was a bit of an illustrator on the quiet, you know?
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Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.
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I'm inspired by people who are unapologetically themselves, from Bill Cosby to Fahim Anwar. Just funny people.
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You need to talk about sex with a sense of humor, especially because sex is a sensitive area for a lot of people.
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More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.
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The street kid in me says, 'Grab the money and run - who cares who it's from! Don't think about whatever you have to do for it or when you have to do it!'
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Competition is good and has served us well.
