Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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With the mega – fame came the mega – downfall – you know, with the press and everything – and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
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I'm not a revolutionary, and I'm not a warrior.
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Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.
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Indeed, eventually, random outcomes all revert to the mean, meaning that streaks eventually end. Understanding this is a key part of intelligent and rational investing.
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I know Penny Toler and coach Ross have worked hard to put together a strong team this year, and I am ready to start the season with my teammates.
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I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it.
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Sugar crystallizes something in our American soul. It is emblematic of all industrial processes. And of the idea of becoming white. White being equated with pure and 'true': it takes a lot of energy to turn brown things into white things. A lot of pressure.
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My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
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Machiavelli says that if as a ruler you accept that your every action must pass moral scrutiny, you will without fail be defeated by an opponent who submits to no such moral test. To hold on to power, you have not only to master the crafts of deception and treachery but to be prepared to use them where necessary.
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Oofy, thinking of the tenner he had given Freddie, writhed like an electric fan.
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It is a mistake to let aesthetics drive your rational decision making.
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What a beautiful step! I shall never be able to do it.
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These palms are driving me crazy; the motifs are extremely difficult to seize, to put on canvas; it's so bushy everywhere, although delightful to the eye.. .I would like to do orange and lemon trees silhouetted against the blue sea, but cannot find them as I would like.
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His speech is a burning fire.
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The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.
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I really love all my fans and would never want anything wrong happening to them.
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I'm really proud of 'Bright Lights' because I was still in the mind frame of my first album when I was putting it together, but next time I want to display something different. I don't want to be as young, immature and all about boys!
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As a filmmaker you make your films with the audience you want to attract in mind.
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My dear, my better half
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Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
