Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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What I love about what I get to do is that I'm allowed to create the stories that I want to tell with minimal interference by some very big corporations like Microsoft and Sprint and EA and BioWare. The advantage that these tech companies have is that they understand the space organically, versus traditional media companies.
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I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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Anytime you get to work with an actor who is beyond you in experience and talent, I feel like they make you a better actor. You really bring up your game.
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I love punching the ceiling with my fists when I'm lost or I can't find a parking space.
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My old man tried to force on me a notion of what it was to be a 'man.' And it destroyed my dad.
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I like analyzing and managing large-scale transaction-processing platforms, recordkeeping administration, and brokerage trading services.
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The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.
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I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.
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People ask about dictators, 'Why?' But dictators themselves ask, 'Why not?'
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I feel like I never would have been a success and gotten published without my family.
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If you have a billion people running a phone in every corner of their lives, and all these third-party apps and all these countries and all these languages, there are going to be issues.
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Our obligation is to refuse to let bad win, to refuse to let evil hold the field.
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Each person's voice is very different, so you need to find what works for you. Make sure you keep to your routine.
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Playing a real-life character is a challenge and a huge responsibility.
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When you're hanging there twenty feet off the ground, surrounded by green screen, and all you've got is the other actor and the wonderful Gavin Hood shouting instructions at you as to what's going on; it's a really unique experience.
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All who have taken it upon themselves to rule over others have incurred hatred and unpopularity for a time; but if one has a great aim to pursue, this burden of envy must be accepted, and it is wise to accept it.
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I write something that I believe I've made up, and it's only when a friend later points it out to me that I realise I've been writing about myself again.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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The Macau casinos have a wonderful business, it's taking in money from Chinese businessmen elsewhere who send it through junky companies to casinos to gamble. The growth continues and they have basically western managers and western accounting, so we trust the numbers a little bit more.
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The Key point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.
