Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
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If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks as well as a specialist.
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My agenda is not to reassure anybody outside Lebanon.
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We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.
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I realized I had a novel on my hands, but didn't know where it was going to go. So I thought, 'I'm going to do everything that you're not supposed to do when you plan a novel; I'm going to step back and let this thing take itself wherever it wants to go, and I'm not going to worry about how things connect until later on.'
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I grew up reading 'The Jungle Books' and loving them.
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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I don't know how many people there are with a million dollars who are inclined to give it to a writers' retreat.
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I started doing stand-up in college.
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To increase the zone of peace is to build the inner core of a stable international zone.
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I think a young woman's relationship with her father is really important.
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I'm sort of a slob.
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Someone once said that Nirvana attracted everybody that had ever been through a broken home... my niche is a lot more specific: It's a lot of females, and a lot of gay guys, and a few advanced and evolved heterosexual men-not many, but there's a few out there.
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It is only by the amplification of titles that you can often touch and satisfy the imagination of nations; and that is an element which Governments must not despise.
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We all know the wonders of Skype, but there's nothing like getting a hug from your daughters or taking them to school.
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The investor world that looks at studios as part of media companies will say that the studio business is supposed to be erratic. Not at our company. Not at Time Warner.
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I think that, as a black girl, you grow up internalizing all these messages that say you shouldn't accept your hair or your skin tone or your natural features or that you shouldn't have a voice or that you aren't smart.
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Contemplation: I read a lot of books on philosophy and religion, and try to keep always growing in that part of my life, because without having a spiritual grounding, I think you can get really swayed by the winds of all the praise or the criticism; it's all very, kind of, up and down. Try to stay up and focused.
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I don't want football to not be played, but I would like the sophistication brought forth to take care of those who need to be taken care of and to take the precaution, at the sacrifice of winning, to take care of people.
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Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.
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Having loads of money doesn't make you a better person.. Spending it smart does.
