Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
If everybody followed the rules, nothing would ever change. Without change there would be no progress.
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I've always enjoyed poor health.
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Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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My touchstone for every question is the Constitution.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Ordinary Muslims in Europe, who suffer from the demoralisation caused by living as perennial objects of suspicion and contempt, are far from thinking of themselves as a politically powerful, or even cohesive, community, not to speak of conquerors of Europe.
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I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.
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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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I'm not a good photographer, not a good writer. I'm a pretty regular person whose insecurity is so pervasive that it makes me always feel vulnerable.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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This is the first time in my life I've ever been happy, not completely happy, but happier than I've ever been.
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Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me.
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How you manage change can make all the difference.
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Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home.
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I always wanted to do a 'Ms. Smith Goes to Washington.'
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Life is short and unpredictable. Eat the dessert first!
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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If everybody followed the rules, nothing would ever change. Without change there would be no progress.
