Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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First of all, I'm pretty private about my personal life.
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The stratosphere is a hostile place.
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(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.
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I ain't just collab-ing with anybody. Because I don't care about making friends. I got enough friends.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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The mutated Marfan gene creates a defective version of fibrillin, a protein that provides structural support for soft tissues like blood vessels. Marfan victims often die young, in fact, after their aortas grow threadbare and rupture.
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I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
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Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.
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If someone asked me to do something I didn't want to do or didn't think was right, I wouldn't do it.
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Now, my mom did not read well and she read 'True Romance' magazines, but she read with me. And she would spend 30 minutes a day, her finger going along the page, and I learned to read. Eventually, by the time I was four and a half, she could iron and I could sit there and read the 'True Romance.' And that was wonderful.
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I am delighted to be joining 'Guardian U.S.'s team as a weekly columnist, and to have the chance to address American and global current events on its distinguished platform. 'Guardian U.S.' brings the 'Guardian's hard-hitting investigative brand to a new focus on American news and opinion.
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It's interesting: I've been doing this since I was 17, and it's kind of weird to see yourself grow up on television.
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I buy books, I have shelves of books. I love to read.
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I go for long walks in Newlands Forest in Cape Town, and I go to the Turkish baths on Sunday mornings.
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Let's just start with the word 'diva.' It is obviously a sexist slight - a term that is only applied to women, almost always in a derogatory way. It's usually applied to women who are viewed as overly ambitious. It is applied to demanding women, to women who follow their own path.
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Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.
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Being able to move and do something to protect oneself is a critical factor in determining whether or not a horrible experience will leave long-lasting scars.
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Maturity comes with experience, not age.
