Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World.
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Going back to my own past as a reader, I was a big, big reader of romances, particularly as a teenager, the age that my books are aimed at.
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Many ethnic minorities chafed at the postcolonial nationalism of India and Pakistan, and some rebelled.
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When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
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I went to small liberal schools my whole life, and I was also a bad girl in high school; I went to, like, five schools.
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It's amazing. My kids have grown me in ways I never knew possible. The patience I've received and the love I get from them is just amazing.
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Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.
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My parents are my major supporters. I look up to Denzel Washington, Jack Nicholson and Jim Carrey. They have all opened my mind and helped me with my craft.
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There's nothing anyone can do about Tiger Woods but look at his game and swoon.
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Writing isn't about the process. It is about creating. The joy comes not from the process but from the creation.
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To really belong, we have got, first, to get it clear with ourselves that we do not belong and do not want to belong to an unfree world. As free men and women we have got to reject much of it and to know why we are rejecting it.
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I die - but first I have possessed,And come what may, I have been blessed.
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Imagination comes of not having things.
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When I was sent the script for 'Homeland,' I didn't think anything of it. Three months later, my manager rang and said: 'They are interested in you.' I read it and I realised, 'Yes, I do want this.' Then I got an email saying I'd got it.
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I love basketball. I love football. And to me, I think that's a dimension that you don't see with a lot of female leads, especially. I have a genuine love for it, and I always thought it was very interesting to show that side of me.
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I can't remember a time when I didn't write or make up stories, because it seemed to come with reading.
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Before I came, I went to visit Jane Austen's grave in Winchester Cathedral to pay my respects, you know, and tell her about the grosses. Laughter I don't know how she would react to an evening like this, but I do hope - I do hope she knows how big she is in Uruguay.
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A source of conflict for women everywhere is the pull between reproduction and production. Women worldwide have difficulty in balancing their dual roles as caregivers and providers.
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We ask them to remove the missiles deployed against Taiwan, give up their military threat, and instead let us together open the door to cross-Strait peaceful and stable dialogue and negotiations.
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If your life turns out to be good and you have a tremendous amount of luck in your life, it's a good thing to turn around and make it work for others.
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In Life you don't get what you deserve you get what you negotiate...
