Ziad Abdelnour Quotes
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I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.
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The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
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Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
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I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.
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Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.
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The second you are handed a newborn it is yours. It doesn't matter what body it came out of. I've never felt more strongly about anything in my life.
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I want nothing to do with O.J. Simpson. I want that name so far behind me, I want it out of my life.
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New experiences give you new perspectives on life.
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Normally, some people think about 50 as a big moment in life. I kind of think 30 because in your baseball career, 30 was considered on top kind of looking at the end of your career. So I remember thinking about 30 in different ways, but 50 just seems like another step right now.
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One of the greatest men to ever walk this land was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His life exemplified unity by bringing people together for the good of all. In any small way I hope to someday bring people together like Dr. King.
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Who can worry about a career? Have a life.
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In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.
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If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
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It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action.
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What I am very, very moved and struck by is that so many people in the world are often living a life that they hadn't planned for themselves. And they wake up one day and say, 'Hang on. Who am I? Is this really me? Is this what I really wanted?' And also, 'Can I change it? Have I got the courage to change it?'
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An abused childhood affects the entire life... It affects every facet of the life.
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When I was young, my brother David and I were farmed off to foster homes, and I spent time in orphanages. My father abandoned us. Here's the most important person in my life, and I never met him.
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A terminal diagnosis can really mess with your head. Honestly, it makes you want to run away to the moon. Many ALS patients want to fade away quietly. This was not for me.
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You have to be a student of the game to be successful, and it's promising when you can say that, with a world-record performance, I still have things to improve on!
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Egocentricity: The vanity that makes you wonder what people are thinking about you when they are really wondering what you are thinking about them.
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Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop.
