Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people will come to you and stay.
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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In India, by and large, women are not educated enough to be bread winners and, within the moorings of traditional cultures, do not have the courage and the capacity to leave the matrimonial home. Given the inequality prevalent in family structures, the woman's right to opt out is suicidal.
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In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.
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I am strictly against remaking a movie.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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Marvel has such a huge slice of the pie.
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Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.
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Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.
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Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.
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Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us.
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In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the planet and, needless to say, on humanity.
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And we did it because it's time for City Hall to stop looking out for City Hall and start looking out for the people like you and me who are footing the bill.
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In conformity with the recommendation of Congress, a proposition was early made to the British Government to abolish the mixed courts created under the treaty of April 7, 1862, for the suppression of the slave trade. The subject is still under negotiation.
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I cannot believe – and I say this with all the emphasis of which I am capable – that there can ever be any good excuse for refusing to face the evidence in favour of something unwelcome. It is not by delusion, however exalted, that mankind can prosper, but only by unswerving courage in the pursuit of truth.
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I promised to always bring up a glass of water to her before we go to bed, and she promised to never let me dress myself.
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We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.
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I'm not crazy about oysters and offal and brains and stuff like that. It's vegetables that I really like. I worked in the River Cafe restaurant when it first opened, and I used to eat the leftover vegetables on the plates. They were so delicious.
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The way I work is mostly unconscious and instinctive.
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In high school, my first thing ever was I played Tony in 'West Side Story' when I was about 17. I was a really shy kid, and I just, like, forced myself to learn how to sing this one month because I loved 'West Side Story' so much, and I somehow managed to get the role.
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Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.
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Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people will come to you and stay.
