Al-Waleed bin Talal Quotes
The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years. But more important since 1967 when the war was, ended in the defeat of some Arab countries.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I'm very self-critical.
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I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.
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Usually, you lose interest in a story beyond a certain point. But with 'Highway,' there was something very subtle, yet something very influential. I intended 'Highway' to be the first film that I ever made. Didn't happen.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
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My father and his eight siblings grew up in the kind of poverty that Americans don't like to talk about unless a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina strikes, and then the conversation only lasts as long as the news cycle. His family squatted in shacks. The children scavenged for food.
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There are parallels between the music and film worlds, but they're really very different. I feel like they're just two different ways to channel my creativity.
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Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
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What I do, basically, is look at things from different angles. That is what I do on stage comedically, and that is what I do in art. I was always fascinated by the structure of things, why things work this way and not that way. So I like to see how things behave if you change the point of view.
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The goal is to divide my time between stage and film.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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I work in my attic, and the view is next door's chimney stack.
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I also didn't consider myself a huge baby person.
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I wear Rick Owens T-shirts to bed. They are like my thermals, since I sleep with the room at near freezing temperatures, like a meat locker.
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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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I had a flip phone until I was 25, and I didn't use social media until that age, either.
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It takes a real designer to design for real women.
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The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
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From old Belerium to the northern main.
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In Colombia, women are a huge factor for reconciliation. I have seen many strong women advocating for negotiations. I remember when the paramilitary were active, there were women close to the paramilitary asking for negotiations.
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Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.
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The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years. But more important since 1967 when the war was, ended in the defeat of some Arab countries.
