Ahmed Zewail Quotes
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I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just didn't appreciate it anymore. I appreciate those people, but I realized my heart wasn't in and I needed to go because plenty of people would rip their arm off to be on that show, so they should be.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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If I could meet Quentin Tarantino, I don't know if I'd just ask him one question. I'd probably milk it into, like, 500 questions.
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Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful, because even if you're not a very indulgent actor you spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. I don't think that is particularly healthy.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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I've always had a dream of owning a restaurant.
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I screwed my knee up once because I fell off the stage.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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I'd been coming to New York for weekends since I was 17, and after 9/11, I started making these trips more frequently, just to make contact with the city.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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I hate to see people frustrated or leave a company for an opportunity they could easily have had at their current company if they had only asked.
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As soon as I start reading, drawing comes to me more easily. I find I work in my sketchbooks more. But if I'm working on a new show, my reading completely stops except when I'm on a plane. I take a stack of New Yorkers with me. I feel awful about those stacks of New Yorkers.
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I only get to spend about six to eight weeks in Australia now and I really miss my family and friends.
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To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.
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Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.
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Rather than a horror film, a ghost story is different because a ghost is what you can't quite see.
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Not everybody wanted a female to be the front face of a big band, you know... You had to be three times better than a man had to be.
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Most of the time, I don't even watch what I do on TV. I go in, get the job done, and just know it's nothing. It's a job. Sometimes, I try something different, and I'll watch out of curiosity. Generally, I don't watch too much of what I do. Movies are basically the same, except it's more money spent on sets.
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