Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
The natural state of our economy is prosperity. Freedom guarantees that. The only force capable of undermining it is government.
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The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.
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I had amazing stuff happen right off the top. I thought this was how it worked. Hollywood is awesome! Cut to three years later: What happened?
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Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.
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I can remember as a young lieutenant being sent into the DMZ in the divided Vietnam, from North Vietnam.
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I am not a method actor, though I studied for a year with Lee Strasburg.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.
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After '45, Ben Gurion started to organize the Zionist movement and the conference in Baltimore. At this convention, they decided that the helm of the Zionist movement has to be a Jewish commonwealth... a Jewish commonwealth!
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As for genre, my adult books are usually filed under science fiction / fantasy, although some stores put them into romance, and few have stuck them into horror. I consider all my books a mix of steampunk and urban fantasy.
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Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.
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I think, anyone in the arts, you're self-employed; it's so difficult.
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AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies.
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I speak very highly of Jim Thome. Not only is he a great player, but he's a great individual.
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I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.
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A dream my girlfriend and I have is to move to New York for a year or two because we just love the city. I would take some acting classes.
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I used to work at this store, and I got fired when I actually booked the job on 'Glee' because I had to go film 'Glee.' I was a dancer on 'Glee.' My manager was like, 'Umm this isn't gonna work, so you can come get your last check this week.'
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It's hard to write haiku. I write long, silly Indian poems.
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A strategy is something like, an innovative new product; globalization, taking your products around the world; be the low-cost producer. A strategy is something you can touch; you can motivate people with; be number one and number two in every business. You can energize people around the message.
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I always have said from the beginning of my career that I was going for the 'Geek Trifecta' because I'm such a total geek. I want to be in everything that has to do with the things that I enjoyed when I was a kid, which was 'Battlestar Galactica,' and being in 'Big Bang Theory,' and being in video games.
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It's a great thing when you can show that you've been successful and that you've made a lot of money and that you've employed a lot of people.
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It is not enough to accept a concept of order and live by it; that is cowardice, and such cowardice cannot result from freedom. Chaos must be faced. Real order must be preceded by a descent into chaos.
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I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby.
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One wound is enough to feed the open wounds of the sky.
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The natural state of our economy is prosperity. Freedom guarantees that. The only force capable of undermining it is government.
