Adnan Sami Quotes
When my first album came out, it wasn't Bollywood. The love that I received from people was everything, and it still is everything for me.
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.
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There's no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody's face just by walking into a room. It's unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?
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A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
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The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find a mystery in every situation.
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I was very skinny, braces; so I never thought I would be a model.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.
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Yes, my mom does keep making references to marriage, like all mothers do, but it's only in a lighter mood... she just jokes.
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I was a campaign widow.
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The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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The levels of poverty in 1933's rural America were unimaginable to us now. The 1933 Farm Bill, which introduced unprecedented government control over agriculture, was a reaction to the specific problems facing producers at that time.
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Some genres I'm not a huge fan of but there are always exceptions that break the rules. There are always a few people doing it in a way weird enough to grab my attention.
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New Orleans lives by the water and fights it, a sand castle set on a sponge nine feet below sea level, where people made music from heartache, named their drinks for hurricanes and joked that one day you'd be able to tour the city by gondola.
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Most amateurs are so worried about mis-hitting the shot or hitting it off line, they don't make an aggressive move. You'd be surprised how much better your swing will get if you let your natural athletic ability shine. So go after it.
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In my spare time, I volunteer at my daughters' schools so I can stay involved with the activities and parent/teacher community.
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When my first album came out, it wasn't Bollywood. The love that I received from people was everything, and it still is everything for me.
