Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
Don't ever be afraid to show who you really are, because as long as you are happy with yourself, no one else's opinion matters.
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The circus allows one to be logical and unreal at the same time. In the circus, all is possible: there can be a man with two heads or a character with a green face.
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More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but a handful may even be worth a book.
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One of the most widely read novels by a black American is Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man.' It is his masterwork - it won the National Book Award in 1953 and catapulted my man to the highest levels of literary esteem.
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As an actor, what I can do is tell the truth. At least, I hope I can tell the truth - a dramatic truth, but still an honest portrayal.
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It's fine when you careen off disasters and terrifyingly bad reviews and rejection and all that stuff when you're young; your resilience is just terrific.
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Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.
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The old Dodgers were something special, but of my teammates overall, there was nobody like Pee Wee Reese for me.
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I had the benefit of watching good people show me what it really is to be an actor – the day in and day out of it.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.
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I exercise about 40 minutes a day, and I'll run one day and do circuit training the next day. I live in an area where there are brilliant hills and mountains, so I get a good hill run with my dog. At home, I'll do the circuit training with old weights, along with pull-ups in the trees and that sort of stuff.
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The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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Stuart Murdoch is a really special human being - really creative, but also really kind and gentle.
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I have to look at my career as 'it was what it was,' but I do wish there was more of it.
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Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.
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The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.
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Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.
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I'm a very light sleeper. I get about six hours a night.
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It can't change anything immediately, but films can absolutely be catalysts for conversation.
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If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.
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When I started out in the industry I was 14 and a beanpole, but over the last few years I've grown. For the most part I feel pretty OK with how I look. I know I'm different from the typical Hollywood ideal of what is beautiful. But quite frankly I don't think that's attainable, and I'm happy to represent something different.
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While I value the good opinion of my fellow citizens as highly as anyone, I may be permitted to say that I am governed by higher considerations than either the favor or the fear of man. I am impelled to the course I have taken because I fear God.
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Don't ever be afraid to show who you really are, because as long as you are happy with yourself, no one else's opinion matters.
