Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
I believe the crisis started when we started prioritizing redistribution of wealth instead of its creation.
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The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
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I'm one of those idiots; when I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till make-up comes off.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and untroubled pleasure lie in knowledge of God and love of God; they cannot exist without them.
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And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.
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The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.
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We are a country of artisans and a country of manufacturing. I think Japanese textile technology is the best in the world.
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If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
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A big reason I'd spent my career as a writer and not a public speaker is that I am a person who refines my worldview in a silent room, waiting for my thoughts to arrange themselves on the screen before me.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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When you have girl children, they torture you! If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I have two daughters who make sure that never happens. They say, 'Mom, you didn't really wear that?' And I say, 'Yes, and pretty much everyone saw it.'
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Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.
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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.
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Panama is a country that's been dealing with issues of identity since its very birth. It was born on Wall Street. It was born out of engineering construction. It was the canal. Because of the canal, the country was born, so the country has been divided into pro-canal and against-canal people for so long.
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I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work.
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He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
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I don't purposely push the boundaries... I think if you pay attention to a story, it will have exactly as much 'difficult material' as it needs, and nobody will complain about it because you've earnt it.
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I don't like to dictate the style to the customer, I believe people give something their own trend.
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Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers.
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People have to realize that dieting is not a sprint, it's a marathon. If you celebrate the small victories, you will eventually win the war.
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People really love editorial cartoons, and I think publishers understand that.
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What I try to do is give each actor an environment in which they can do their best work.
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I believe that we're as happy in life as we make up our minds to be.
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No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated. Neither may a government determine the aesthetic value of artistic creations, nor limit the forms of literacy or artistic expression. Nor should it pronounce on the validity of economic, historic, religious, or philosophical doctrines. Instead it has a duty to its citizens to maintain the freedom, to let those citizens contribute to the further adventure and the development of the human race.
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I believe the crisis started when we started prioritizing redistribution of wealth instead of its creation.
