Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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It's simply not sensible ... for the government to say there is no link whatsoever between what is happening in Iraq and what is happening in terms of recruiting extremists.
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If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.
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We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment.
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Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.
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It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.
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The best vaccine imaginable is only valuable to the extent we get it to everyone who needs it.
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I do plan to return to golf one day. I just don't know when that day will be.
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I'm actually more comfortable playing the stroke victim or the girl with no makeup on, looking scruffy and it's all about what's going on inside rather than on the outside.
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There is this value in books, that they enable us to converse with the dead. There is something in this beyond the mere intrinsic worth of what they have left us.
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In short, killing the goose that lays the golden egg is a viable political strategy, so long as the goose does not die before the next election and no one traces the politicians’ fingerprints on the murder weapon.
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There are directors who, their direction is high, but then when you challenge it, it crumbles. They can't back up what they're asking.
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I'm not a racist, and I'm not a murderer.
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Reading is rapture (or if it isn't, I put the book down meaning to go on with it later, and escape out the side door).
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I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old.
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Boys, young men, men of all ages are being captivated by the new visual grammar which pushes men to pout and posture.
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It's a big theme in my life, learning about myself and being a better person. I'm a work in progress; I have revelations every day.
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Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
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When you get into any kind of period work, or any kind of prosthetic work, or anything that alters what your 8×10 looks like, it's the joy of escaping and becoming somebody else. And it is definitely freeing.
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I've never thought it was a good idea to act back-to-back. If you are going to have any chance of replicating life, you need to live it. I also never forgot something Johnny Depp said to me, which Marlon Brando said to him, 'You only have so many faces in your pocket.' I really admire artists who take the time to recharge their batteries and not continually call on it. I think you can spot tired and jaded artists quite quickly.
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The only way to do something in depth is to work hard.
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I am an avid follower of the news, and sometimes you just can't take any more war, any more disasters, and you want to remind yourself there's beauty in the world. I wanted to show a more poetic side to my work. It was all about... a feeling of sadness, but in a cinematic kind of way. I find beauty in melancholy.
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Financial crises are not natural disasters. They are man-made disasters.
