Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
There are so many mistakes you can learn only by making them yourself. There is no substitute for experience.
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I wanna create a character that's really memorable... like Julia Roberts did in 'Pretty Woman.'
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When I was writing 'The Satanic Verses,' if you had asked me about the phenomenon that we all now know as radical Islam, I wouldn't have had much to say. As recently as the mid-1980s, it didn't seem to be a big deal.
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When I got a million subscribers, it just sort of snowballed from there because a lot more people show interest. They're like, 'Who's this? They've got a million subscribers; maybe I'll like their channel.'
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It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff.
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The quality of a timeless song is that it's catchy, meaningful and relatable.
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Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
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Beaujolais is so underrated.
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Rehab is endlessly repetitive. And it's never easy, because once you've mastered some movement or action or word, no matter how small, you move on to the next. You never rest.
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Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!
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I believe in a strong national defense. But it's my belief that neither Iraq nor Afghanistan poses a threat to national security, and we shouldn't be involved in either area.
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I think people will believe anything about someone they haven't seen for a while.
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What I've been conscious of, from the beginning is that I can't be Jil Sander.
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Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.
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The biggest risk with a series that goes on this long is that you'll get bored with the character.
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It's a little difficult when something goes from being an utter obsession - a thing where your skill defines you as a person - to it just being a thing you occasionally do.
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My grand plan is that I can master having a better life by making sure I have a regular flow of songs. Then I can give myself time to tour or celebrate or write a film score.
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The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us.
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In a world where so much happens through computer screens, making a meal by hand, touching the raw materials, feeling your way through a recipe, tasting, adjusting, engaging all the senses, can be a soothing release.
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Today's designers don't care if fashion has no relationship to human anatomy.
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I hate to sound cliche, but I understand why people love to cook. It's fun!
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I've always been kind of a voyeur.
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We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.
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There are so many mistakes you can learn only by making them yourself. There is no substitute for experience.
