Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as achievable.
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In the 1960s, and stretching back to the 1930s, it was felt by many economists that easy money is a reliable way to increase employment.
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'Harry Potter' really harnessed the imagination of so many young-adult minds, and it's the same with the 'Divergent' series.
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The cultural war of words has actually been won by the most dispossessed people in the Western world, the urban American blacks.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.
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Why do we take pleasure in gruesome death, neatly packaged as a puzzle to which we may find a satisfactory solution through clues - or if we are not clever enough, have it revealed by the all-powerful tale-teller at the end of the book? It is something to do with being reduced to, and comforted by, playing by the rules.
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The degree of leverage now being reversed is staggering, and the underlying global imbalances - notably between the savers and the spenders - will require long and painful adjustment.
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I have my favourite black knife with me all the time. It's a switchblade. It relaxes me to flick it.
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It wasn't always easy at times, having grown up on television and being in the entertainment industry.
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Then India, everyone has his own idea of India.
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I am honored to be selected as the 2012 Miss Golden Globe. It's very exciting to be a part of an awards show like the Golden Globes so early on in my career.
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My dear, be a good man - be virtuous - be religious - be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here. ...God bless you all.
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I really like to hike. L.A. is a great place for that. And doing yoga a couple of times a week is a really big part of my regimen.
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I am not very good at expressing myself in a simple way so it can create mis-understandings and I hate that.
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The fact remains that secularism is inherent in the Indian system, in the Indian ethos and culture. India cannot but be secular.
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Sometimes, with vocalese, I'm dealing with something, a great solo from the past, which is so iconic I can't presume to change it or mess with it.
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You have to be desirable. And that's why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to Botox and plastic surgery, all the things that people say, 'Why do women do this?' Where do you go in your 50s in your career?
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When I went through my eating disorder, I never sought medical assistance. I created myths in my head about how I should get through things, so the idea that I could surround myself with truth and feel comfortable enough to speak mine allowed me to breathe.
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You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.
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Slouching or leaning back may send the wrong signals. When you sit down for a formal interview, lean forward to show interest and active listening.
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Call me old-fashioned, but I like my conditioners to be conditioners and my shampoos to be shampoos.
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Mathematics... is a bit like discovering oil. ... But mathematics has one great advantage over oil, in that no one has yet ... found a way that you can keep using the same oil forever.
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The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as achievable.
