Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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I think 'North by Northwest' and 'Rope' and Rear Window' and 'Psycho' are on my list of favorite all time movies. I just think his kind of command as a director was almost unparalleled, and I feel like in certain ways the sort of character-based thriller owes more to Hitchcock than anyone.
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I think knowing where you can generally fit is important, but the fun thing about being an actor is sometimes stretching beyond that stereotype and stretching beyond the box that people put you in.
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I'm pretty much friendly and compassionate to everybody. But not to people in the ring.
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I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.
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I think culture precedes politics, and I think the attempts to try and legislate people's behavior... isn't going to be productive until the culture decides what they want to achieve.
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I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.
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I'm really not worried about what fans think.
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Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of 'everyday multiculturalism', and how people from diverse faiths can connect and show they care, rather than go down parallel, sometimes hostile, roads.
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I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one.
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There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.
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'Jaws' was the ultimate man vs. nature movie, and it was a movie that was basically three people against the elements, so that was the biggest influence on 'Frozen.'
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I like to surprise people. I try to take risks.
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Some people go to the West and claim they are gays and that their lives are at risk in the Gambia, in order for them to be granted a stay in Europe.
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With every animal, you have to build its confidence around people because people do some crazy and stupid things.
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The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
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I learned how to sing in front of a lot of people and to hone my skills alongside some of the greatest performers of all time.
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In Europe, we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.
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I think without writing I would feel completely useless.
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I don't like to write from a flat, cold position. You must like what you're doing very much or like the people -- either like them or hate them. You can't be indifferent.
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It's such a relief to see Catholic and Protestant ministers getting on - that's so rare. And in 'I'd Do Anything,' I've had so much support from folks back home, no matter what side they're on.
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That's the big mistake the environmental movement made - 'We'll scare the hell out of you, and you'll become an activist'.
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In my books and in romance as a genre, there is a positive, uplifting feeling that leaves the reader with a sense of encouragement and hope for a brighter future - or a brighter present.
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The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.
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Smart people think. Brave people talk. Great people act.
