Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
May my haters live very long to see my continued success and make their lives miserable.
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I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.
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Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.
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What we know for sure from our work and from others' is that mice have a life span of 1,000 days, dogs have 5,000 days, and we humans have 29,000 days. Recognizing that the duration is limited, and aging is inevitable, focus the attention on enhancing the quality of the days you have.
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Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that.
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I want to help people; that's it.
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There have been times in my life when I felt compelled to write things down as a matter of therapy, but whatever I kept about those days, I shredded. It was too personal.
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I always had confidence in my game.
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I didn't really have a mentor, but I have always definitely been inspired by the '70s - the Stones, Patti Smith, Anita Pallenberg.
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If I was the type of person who had tennis, tennis, tennis all the time and I went to bed and ended up dreaming about tennis, I would go nuts.
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I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.
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I have no interest in going to Egypt and seeing the pyramids. I'm just not that kind of dude.
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I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!
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'Someone out there is waiting for you for a lifetime. You cannot afford to fail them; failing them is failing God. Remember, God is speaking to you through them, saying: 'They are fatherless, so that you can be their father.' 'They are lonely, so that you can be their companion.' 'They are in want, so that you can be their benefactor.' '
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I’ve always said there’s no hope without endeavor. Hope has no meaning unless we are prepared to work to realize our hopes and dreams but in order to that we do need to have friends. We need those who believe in us. Friends are those who believe in us and who want to help us whatever it is that we are trying to achieve.
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My philosophy is to treat people how you want to be treated.
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Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table.
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I love what I do and I think it shows. As my kids get older, they can see me as a mom who loves working.
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When we use old confessions and catechisms, we help teach our people that their faith is an old faith, shared by millions over many centuries. We also help them realize that other Christians have asked the same questions.
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Most Oscar parties are pretty silly. They're really for people who like to schmooze.
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Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.
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Any director who comes into a revival owes a great deal to the original director. If I know the backbone works, it gives me, as a director, much more freedom to bring something new to it or try something different.
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We have already mentioned what may, perhaps, appear paradoxical to some of our readers, - that the division of labour can be applied with equal success to mental as to mechanical operations, and that it ensures in both the same economy of time.
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When I was younger in the theater, I didn't really feel like I got much recognition from the powers that be. I got a lot of small roles - I never got the standout roles.
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May my haters live very long to see my continued success and make their lives miserable.
