Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
The only thing that is or should be equal in the creation of wealth is the opportunity to participate. Everything else is naturally and rightfully dependent on personal and often exclusively inherent advantages and disadvantages. The imagined outcomes and side benefits are impossible to guarantee. The shared human experience should have taught us, by any objective standard, that making a mirage your focus will undermine your chances of finding gold.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty.
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There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good', to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it's a position that comes with responsibility.
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I can't solve the poverty problem, but there are things you can do to mitigate its effects on kids.
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I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but I either had a job at the time or, when I was available, the movie just didn't happen. Hopefully someday I'll do one.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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For 'Rosa Luxemburg,' I read everything by and about her, but the first time I was stuck in that corset, I got an understanding of her that I'd never had before.
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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
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I have to watch the news or my day is not complete.
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I never want any problems with anybody in this world.
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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
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It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.
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I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do. I never wanted to look at character I've done and cringe.
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Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope I no longer strive to strive towards such things (Why should the agèd eagle stretch its wings?) Why should I mourn The vanished power of the usual reign?
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Eviction comes with a record. Just like a criminal record can hurt you in the jobs market, eviction can hurt you in the housing market. A lot of landlords turn folks away who have an eviction, and a lot of public housing authorities do the same.
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I really don't think of myself as a science writer.
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Islands are going to suffer from climate change in very, very difficult ways. And it's not just Pacific islands. It's not just Puerto Rico.
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When Fidel Castro is gone, there will be hope for Cuba. There will be opportunity for Cuba.
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Back in the year 2000, most of the Internet companies were not making any money.
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I think we're infinite beings. We have to stay limitless.
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The only thing that is or should be equal in the creation of wealth is the opportunity to participate. Everything else is naturally and rightfully dependent on personal and often exclusively inherent advantages and disadvantages. The imagined outcomes and side benefits are impossible to guarantee. The shared human experience should have taught us, by any objective standard, that making a mirage your focus will undermine your chances of finding gold.
