Ziad Doueiri Quotes
I wrote and finished the script for 'Man in the Middle' two weeks after the September 11 bombing. It's a very American film about an ex-diplomat based in the Middle East, a leader in the U.S. administration who now sells used cars in the Middle East.
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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Well, you know, in this crazy world of entertainment, I would say if you have a dream, you have to pursue it.
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Miss Sarzin was the best teacher I ever had.
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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
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In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the West the land was level, and there were no trees. The grass grew thick and high.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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Let us have peace.
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What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
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Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black Friday, the tone of American entertainment changed almost overnight.
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
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The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married.
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I had no future with the Dodgers, because I was too closely identified with Branch Rickey. After the club was taken over by Walter O'Malley, you couldn't even mention Mr. Rickey's name in front of him. I considered Mr. Rickey the greatest human being I had ever known.
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'I Will Follow' is a celebration of life. Sometimes when you lose something, you understand its value more than when you had it. The same is true for life.
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I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.
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An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain.
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I'm constant like the seasons, and I will never be forgotten man.
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Literature - Eastern and Western - abounds with stories, myths, legends about the search for youth, for eternal life.
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It's much easier to make people cry than to laugh.
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I wrote and finished the script for 'Man in the Middle' two weeks after the September 11 bombing. It's a very American film about an ex-diplomat based in the Middle East, a leader in the U.S. administration who now sells used cars in the Middle East.
