Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
Unfortunately most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
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I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn't really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.
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I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.
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I did almost a year in prison, a year in prison, just because my name is Foxy Brown.
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Did you really think I would sell you out?
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I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.
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There's nothing spectacular about Prophet T.B Joshua. He is just like every other human being. But if there is any difference, it is the grace of God; the righteousness of God. It is a product of the grace of God. So, I am a product of the grace of God.
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I always joke that I want to be able to retire from boxing and still be able to look into the mirror without seeing scars all over my face. I love my sport, but I would rather not have to spend hours doing my makeup to cover up the memories once I retire.
Mandy Bujold -
It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually left 'Cowboys & Aliens' and went straight into 'The Change-Up.' It was kind of a funny change of pace.
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There are very few great poets in the world.
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'Mojave' is a very wild, throwback film with these two dudes going after each other.
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Whoever thinks... that the European economy can be competitive without economic cooperation with Russia, whoever thinks that energy security can exist in Europe without the energy that comes from Russia, is chasing ghosts.
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Nobody is original anymore. Nobody has any original style.
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Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
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I had a band called the Sound Of Love, and that was R&B songs about girls in my high school. I played in some other indie bands who were trying to make it big; those sucked. Then I started Makeout Videotape, and that was that.
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I still like to walk around and take photographs, but it's hard to do that if a lot of people are looking at you.
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Man, an animal that makes bargains.
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I'm part Filipino, part Japanese, part Chinese, part Malaysian, and part Spanish, and all those people, they love their karaoke. So whenever my family got together, we'd all karaoke.
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You need to understand the batsman, where he plays his shot usually, which is his release shot, and then change the angle, vary the pace, line and length. You cannot always react after being at the receiving end.
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When I was growing up in South Korea in the '70s and early '80s, the country was too poor to buy original records. Everything was bootlegged.
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There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them.
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Unfortunately most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
