Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
To be real successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish; then resolve to pay the price to get it.
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One of the things, one of the things that really got to me was the thing in Houston where you had the government, the mayor actually, trying to get the sermons of ministers. When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on marriage, that's when it's time to resist.
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I would say the larger the pool you have to select from, the more likely you are to find the most compatible person for you if you have the right algorithms working on your behalf.
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'Cool' is detached and emotionally cool. My instinct is to battle anything that seems overly cool.
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I don't want to sound too Oprah-ish or anything like that, but I really believe that if you have the power to imagine particular things, you have the ability to transform them.
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In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.
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There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.
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We saw - we conducted the experiment. I mean, it's been done. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. We saw Apple without Steve Jobs. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. Now, we're gonna see Apple without Steve Jobs.
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People always make the mistake of calling an idea small or stupid because they don't understand how it's going to evolve.
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When Corporate America finds a Jayson Blair in its midst, the standard operating procedure is to circle the wagons and deny that any form of liability extends up the chain of command.
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There have always been revivals. Some have always been successful. And many of them have failed.
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Talking to people from the heart matters, and it's unfortunately something brands have forgotten about. Celebrity endorsement deals try to gain recognition for brands, but at their core, what matters is if the celebrity truly backs the brand.
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I am always fascinated by India.
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Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about his World War II experiences, I thought, 'If this guy is still alive, I want to meet him.'
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There's a lot of American people who like K-Pop for some reason. I don't know why, you know? But they like it even if they can't understand it because it has that style, that appeal.
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I don't write tracking shots in my screenplays or any camera directions, but I do try to give a sense of how the action is moving.
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People in my novels always have terrible problems. If they are not terrible, I make them more terrible.
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Every time we revise our history, we also revise the mythology of our history.
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Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.
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We do want people to know if in fact we learn of an incident that's focused on a particular city.If we learn of long-term planning, that's focused on a particular industry or infrastructure. And so we feel we have an obligation to let people know if we have information of a credible threat or not.
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The way you get leaders to care about issues of conscience is to apply political pressure. It's less a question of persuading leaders directly and more trying to build a social movement that holds their feet to the fire.
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With genuine love and compassion, another person's appearance or behavior has no affect on your attitude.
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Homosexuals die decades younger than heterosexuals, from a host of maladies. They suffer mental problems ranging from depression to psychosis, and have suicide rates many times that of heterosexuals.
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I started writing my own plays, and I would sell out, but after everything was said and done, I'd break even. That's being successful.
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To be real successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish; then resolve to pay the price to get it.
