Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.
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I have seen the Gore documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth,' just released in the States, and admired the acutely revolutionary delivery of the slideshow assisted talk he has now been giving for some 16 years.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
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During my early years, I was mercurially lively, always in motion, spilling over with pranks, impertinent and precocious, and, at the same time, intractably stubborn and angry if anything went against my will.
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I have not been a follower of how many millions my films made or did not make.
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The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
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I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.
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Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces.
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Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.
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'Rescue Me' is the first book in a three-book series. Although, like all my series, the books are purposely written so that readers do not have to read them in order.
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Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
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What moves me in art is how we question who we are as people.
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Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.
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I'm always going to be someone that people enjoy watching.
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We didn't move to L.A. to move to L.A. We moved to make music with Muggs.
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Working hard to fulfill a dream or instinct and learning over time it doesn't work, doesn't mean a career is over and a reputation killed. When a reputation is killed, it's when failure comes as a result of loss of integrity or judgement... breaking of laws.
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If you aren't having fun, if you aren't anxious to find out what happens next as you write, then not only will you run out of steam on the story, but you won't be able to entertain anyone else, either.
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I'm a big fan of having a team with different thoughts and backgrounds and experiences; that makes for a better enterprise and better decision-making.
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The Jew is at once alienated and indestructible; he is in exile from his own country and in exile even from himself, yet he survives the annihilating fury of history.
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You must tell the truth. You must be truthful to yourself and the values of the game that got you there.
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Real Learning comes from failures and mistakes...rarely from success.
