Abu Abbas Quotes
It is true that a large percentage of the Western world hopes that I am imprisoned or dead. But all my people, the Palestinians and the Arabs, wish me long life and freedom.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.
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I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
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But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.
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No decent career was ever founded on a public.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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In South Africa, being Chinese meant I wasn't white and I wasn't black. I trained in Baragwanath Hospital, the largest black hospital in South Africa. That was around 1976, the time of the Soweto Uprising, when police fired on children and students who were protesting. I was part of the group of interns who volunteered to treat them.
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It was a labor of love and they did really well.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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I have flown with British Airways since I was a very little child, so it feels quite special to have gone from family holidays flying around Europe to become a gold card holder and be spoiled enough to travel more than not in first class.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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When I am teaching, I first give out Tolstoy's 'Childhood,' his first published book. It is so transparent. It gives you exactly what it was like to be on a Russian estate in 1830. You are there. And that is the hope when you sit down and write still, I think - that you can transmit something of what life is like now.
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I like characters and stories that challenge the status quo. Lately, I'm really interested in history because I find that in my public school education, I didn't learn about women in history. I want to introduce the world to some great stories and incredible heroes.
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The Oscars are about the dynamics of that moment, of that season. It reflects what's been going on in the world every year through the movies. And a lot of times, what's popular at the movies is popular because of what's going on in the world at that moment.
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I try not to carry any character back home because that would be extremely frustrating for my family.
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Courting Peggy McGrath provided me with a very pleasant diversion and eventually with the most important relationship of my life.
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It is true that a large percentage of the Western world hopes that I am imprisoned or dead. But all my people, the Palestinians and the Arabs, wish me long life and freedom.
