Najib Mikati Quotes
What I'm trying to do, and my policy, is to disassociate, to shy away from what's going on in Syria.
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I think it is impossible to explain faith. It is like trying to explain air, which one cannot do by dividing it into its component parts and labeling them scientifically. It must be breathed to be understood.
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I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.
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I have a lot of road rage. Mostly with the rickshaw and cab drivers trying to cut me; it's the traffic. Grrrr!
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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Regulations about environments are going to get tougher and tougher.
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I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me.
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If I were trying to impress a girl, I wouldn't get all super dressed because I would look like I was trying too hard. Instead, I would probably wear what I normally would.
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If you're trying too hard to be the girl next door, you're not going to be.
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Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.
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The worldview implied by literary fiction is complex and ambiguous, trying to be faithful to the complexity and ambiguity of life.
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Be yourself. I had this three-week period where I wore this straw fedora. I thought it was what chicks wanted. And then it dawned on me that I was trying to be something that I wasn't, so I took the fedora off. So be yourself.
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I'm always trying to learn and grow, so my diet has, over the years, evolved.
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I'm at this point in my career where I'm trying to step away from the realm of fine arts, because I think it's a very exclusive, very restrictive place to be. What I want to be able to do is to change the lives of people with the same materials they deal with every day.
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I'm not trying to be the next Dave Grohl or Phil Collins.
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A lot of people put pressure on me, but I don't think I feel that type of pressure. It is more of a good thing that people are trying to do that.
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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
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Marketing is more important than it has ever been. But I'm trying to tear the layers back and make it not so contrived. I think people just want entertainment.
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When I used to go to Elvis's house was always a nightmare trying to get into the house because of so many fans outside the gate and he really couldn't go anywhere without sneaking in or doing something because people just wanted to be around him and to be with him.
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A girl who is interesting and educated and can spark conversation - I find that extremely sexy.
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I think a leader has many roles to play. So, you know, one role is that of incubating talent; the other is that of being a strategist. It's a very interesting job I've got.
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In this very moment I'm king In this very moment I slayed Goliath with a sling
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I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.
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I've done work for both Democrats and Republicans.
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What I'm trying to do, and my policy, is to disassociate, to shy away from what's going on in Syria.
