Lubna Olayan Quotes
The more challenges you face in life, the more of life you experience - this lived experience gives one the 'influence' to impact others' lives.
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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.
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I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.
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I think politics today is all about false choices: You can have a robust energy economy and a challenged environment, or a great environment and no economy. That's a false choice. You can do both.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world.
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Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It's just cultural. People just don't want to do it.
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The daily calendar seemed, to me, like a kind of cartoon black hole, and you didn't have to be a rocket scientist to know that that couldn't be sustained indefinitely. That's why I pulled the plug on that one after the '02 edition. Kind of a preemptive strike.
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There are different types of talents and intelligences, and traditional schools sometimes ignore the creative ones. It is important for us to give kids every platform for them to find what they are good at and what they love. The arts also provide a space for newfound creativity.
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People have tried to corner the market on being offended, corner the market on language and corner the market on opinion. Should I lose my job 'cause I offended somebody? No, of course not. Your life should never be affected by public opinion.
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South Dakota is a great state because of its values, not because of dependence on government.
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Professor Obama has at least talked to us like we're adults.
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Not working is bad for you. It is my drug, it gives me a high; most performers will tell you that. And there is nothing like the high that an audience gives you.
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I am proud of being a Southerner. I wasn't about to let Southerners on my show be stupid or aw-shuckses who just sit on the front porch and spit in the yard. I wasn't about to do that, and I made that very clear from the start. I was kind of the gate-keeper on that stuff.
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With 'The Sixth Sense,' my dad and I discussed how this was not so much a horror story as a story about communication. I understudied with my dad, in a sense. It made a huge difference.
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I never believed that surrendering the executive power should be a condition of getting the second term. The second term should stand on its own feet.
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The more challenges you face in life, the more of life you experience - this lived experience gives one the 'influence' to impact others' lives.
