Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
Our debts don't leave us much in terms of choices. We can choose to pay now or try to pay later. But the longer we wait the steeper the bill.
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This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.
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Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
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I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me – ever.
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I take pride in taking care of all the housework so that my wife, who works as a designer for Martha Stewart, won't need to sacrifice any of her leisure time when she gets home.
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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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My philosophy is to not be scared of anyone. If I play well, great; if I don't, I learn from the match and move on.
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Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasn't in the script. It was something that I came up with.
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At least I had that, one guy understood me.
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Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.
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The ability to throw 100 mph cannot be taught, cannot be learned, it can only be God-given.
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I think that I do separate myself a fair amount. And I don't feel like I am representing women. That's up to however people interpret it once they sort of see it.
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The diverse threats we face are increasingly cyber-based. Much of America's most sensitive data is stored on computers. We are losing data, money, and ideas through cyber intrusions. This threatens innovation and, as citizens, we are also increasingly vulnerable to losing our personal information.
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One time, I came off stage and a guy named Roman Decare, God rest his soul, he was a comic. 'Louie, if you do that family stuff, and you're a clean comic on stage, you'll become famous.' And, for some reason, a switch clicked, and I started doing the family stuff, and it became a giant part of my life.
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On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth that was the name we would answer to in school. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education.
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There's the pressure of being a No. 1 on the call sheet, being a lead actor. There's almost this feeling like being captain of the team. You want to put a bit of energy into actually setting a good example.
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If I knew my schedule a month ahead, I'd be so bored.
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Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.
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If you are going into show business for money and power, forget it! It won't happen. You don't go for that first.
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For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
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Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.
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Our debts don't leave us much in terms of choices. We can choose to pay now or try to pay later. But the longer we wait the steeper the bill.
