Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
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I do think that the success, although still not complete... in the recognition of equal rights... to all Americans, regardless of color, creed and so forth, was also one of the best stories we've had to report.
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I create from a place of passion. It's like a pregnancy, where you create from a place of passion, and then it grows, and then before you know it, you want to push that baby out.
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Stephen Colbert used to be my friend. I even signed the poor baby's cast when he hurt his hand.
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Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.
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I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.
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Here's an idea: Spend two or three hours a day at least five days a week in front of a bookstore wearing a sandwich board with your bookcover on it while you chase and chat with anyone you can corral and who is willing to talk to you.
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I'm really not interested in other people's opinions, because I think frankly most of those opinions are either misinformed and adding to this endless ball of hot air we have in our society where everyone thinks their opinion is valuable and sacred and what counts.
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Sometimes I say things that I can't believe came out of my mouth. Or I won't mean something and it will come out completely nonsensical.
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I love going to karaoke with friends if I'm having a really tough time.
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When I started making films, like almost every filmmaker, I think, you're just so excited to be able to make a movie that you'll do anything.
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I don't want to be too power-hungry.
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I'm quite confident, but I don't fancy myself. I don't really care about how I look.
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I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again. When you go to confession and entrust your sins to the safe-keeping of the priest, do you ever come back for them?
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Sometimes men and women have trouble with just being vulnerable.
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The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
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I'm a big eater. I mean, a lot of my stand-up is about food, and you write about what you know, and that's the only thing I know. I don't know anything else.
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Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?
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Life is constantly supporting us and giving us gifts. It's a matter of opening ourselves to that.
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Where there's more of singing and less of sighing, Where there's more of giving and less of buying, And a man makes friends without half trying That's where the West begins.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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If you want to raise your standard of living, raise your standard of giving.
