Ameen Rihani Quotes
Old Arabic books, printed in Bulaq, generally have a broad margin wherein a separate work, independent of the text, adds gloom to the page.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
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A lot of things in 'Parents' I find very truthful.
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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
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Sometimes it's more difficult to achieve a 10% cost reduction than it is to tell people they have to achieve 50%. Small incremental steps block your view of doing something fundamentally different.
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I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.
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This movie will actually increase the sex life of parents everywhere because they can put this on, with the 45 minutes of extras and they've got almost two hours to do whatever they've got to do while the kids watch the movie.
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The writers who have the deepest influence on one are those one reads in ones more impressionable, early life, and often it is the more youthful works of those writers that leave the deepest imprint.
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Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing. Right now, I want to just make Flume awesome... and big.
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I'm always glad to see somebody rethink something rather than reproduce something I did.
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I'm influenced by all types of music.
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I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.
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Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could.
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I've always felt that the truth is in the silence.
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The key to America's economic future is educating kids as early in their lives as we can.
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Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
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I'm more interested in characters who are a little difficult.
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It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split.
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The funny thing is, people only know me for having straight hair for work, but I live in Atlanta where it's hot and humid in the summertime. So when I'm home, I wear my hair natural. My hair is naturally curly; I don't have a relaxer.
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I wanted to update the American people on what we know about the situation in Japan, what we’re doing to support American citizens and the safety of our own nuclear energy, and how we are helping the Japanese people contain the damage, recover and rebuild.
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I love fiction that sounds like fact. As a matter of fact, I also like fact that sounds like fiction.
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Having been in Hollywood as a shadow, as someone who is almost invisible, I can see fame for what it is.
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Old Arabic books, printed in Bulaq, generally have a broad margin wherein a separate work, independent of the text, adds gloom to the page.
