Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.
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When 'our people' get to the point where they can do us some good, they stop being 'our people.'
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If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.
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The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.
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You learn in this business: It you want a friend, get a dog.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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I worked at Starbucks when I was 16... It was all right.
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Another symptom of progress toward the Singularity: ideas themselves should spread ever faster, and even the most radical will quickly become commonplace.
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We are not anti-white. But we don't have time for the white man. The white man is on top already, the white man is the boss already... he has first-class citizenship already. So you are wasting your time talking to the white man. We are working on our own people.
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Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout.
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I don't like the showy nationalism - a tattoo, wrapping yourself in a flag - that doesn't matter to me. The way to show your patriotism and commitment is to go and support or play for your team.
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If the Europeans want to intervene, that's their business. But if I were president, I would remove every United States soldier from the Balkan peninsula.
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I have never anticipated success. I choose work, give it my best shot, and leave it.
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Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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I think that the main thing that you can learn from watching 'The Spectacular Now' is just learning about growing up and moving on.
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The A.N.C. was established in 1912 and the S.A. Communist Party in 1921, and so there has been an overlapping of membership all along the line.
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I wish all high schools could offer students the outside activities that were available at the old Harrison High on Chicago's West Side in the late '20s. They enabled me to become part of a school newspaper, drama group, football team and student government.
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This trend of reporting process over substance is unfortunate, if omnipresent. Even worse is the media's inability - or unwillingness - to fact-check Republicans who are angry about the Democrats trying to debate and vote on Iraq policy.
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I would like to thank my colleagues for voting a Social Democrat prime minister and to assure them I will vote a liberal president, as well.
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At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful about what you say. I do have particular views and opinions that most of this town doesn't share, but it's not like I'm a fascist or a racist. There's nothing like that in my history.
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Dance has always been the center of who I am. It has given me the inspiration to help other people find a hobby, passion, and activity that fulfills them. It also taught me some of the many skills I need as an entrepreneur: a hard work ethic that takes practice to master and the confidence to persevere through any challenges.
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I studied English literature; I took 2 independent religion classes, but I wasn't a religion major really.
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I'm not Democrat or Republican: I Vote Entrepreneur.
