Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
In a victory speech, I always like to thank the opposition, because without their help and stupidity, I couldn’t have won.
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I've always enjoyed poor health.
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Watch your finances like a hawk.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
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Any country that wants to lower its mobile phone rates, all they need to do is bring in an aggressive player.
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You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
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Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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Typically, a book is published and gets one season in the sun. Eventually, you write another book, and maybe your old books get a bump, but my books seem to keep being discovered and recommended to new people of all ages.
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I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I sent the stumps spinning and heard them rattling in the tunnels. No mishap was going to stop me from bowling in the real game, especially this one.
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Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader if it is needed to develop relations between the two Koreas.
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Most people don't want to get married. Being married, that's a responsibility.
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Except for certain moments - when cells are dividing, for instance - chromosomes don't form compact, countable bodies inside cells. Instead, they unravel and flop about, which makes counting chromosomes a bit like counting strands of ramen in a bowl.
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I haven't received any pressure to be anything other than myself, and for that, I am so grateful.
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When I first decided I was going to have a go at writing a book - and really, it was a mid-life crisis - I was 39. I was in business with my husband; we had a very busy lifestyle and quite a hectic schedule running this flourishing business in travel, and I found myself waking up and realising that I didn't want to do this anymore.
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For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.
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I am a firm believer that any legitimate government has to be based on rule of law and a recognition that all people are equal under the law.
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I mostly just listen to my body.
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You can run a sprint or your can run a marathon, but you can't sprint a marathon.
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My daughter, Lily Caitlin, means the most to me in the world.
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Throughout high school, I was fairly boring. I didn't do many rebellious things.
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My colleagues, they study artificial intelligence; me, I study natural stupidity.
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In a victory speech, I always like to thank the opposition, because without their help and stupidity, I couldn’t have won.
