Maysoon Zayid Quotes

My friend and I founded the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival to counter the negative images of Arabs in media. And we always made sure that the comedy came first. So we weren't a bunch of Arabs trying to be funny. We were a bunch of comedians who just happened to be of Arab heritage.

Maysoon Zayid

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The earliest golfing memories that I have are of the Italian Open when I was about six years of age. Watching that event is how I really got started in the game.

Matteo Manassero

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More traffic means more advertising dollars.

Jeff Zucker

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I've beaten a lot of great fighters, but people say the big ones, I've lost them all. I don't want to go down as a guy who loses his big fights.

Michael Bisping

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I caught on fire twice on the stage, but I was promptly put out. It was just my leg.

Tre Cool

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My mother buried three husbands - and two of them were only napping.

Rita Rudner

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After thirty years of being 'the camel lady,' believe me: One becomes inured to the spotlight.

Robyn Davidson

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You see a lot of people out there that say they're country, and they do their little things that are stereotypical country things, but being country is a way of life.

Luke Bryan

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When I was a child, I thought I was going to be a paleontologist because I loved dinosaurs. I loved monster movies and sci-fi, and then 'Star Wars' came out, and I was completely out of my mind with that, with 'Close Encounters,' and then I thought maybe I was going to go into special effects makeup, which I thought was awesome.

Dee Bradley Baker

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Growing up devouring horror comics and novels, and being inspired to become a writer because of horror novels, movies, and comic books, I always knew I was going to write a horror novel.

Colson Whitehead

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I've got to take care of the knee to finish the season healthy.

Asdrubal Cabrera

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I live not too far from it in New York City.

Piper Perabo

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HBO churn out some unbelievable stuff. They really got me with things like 'Band of Brothers.' But you can't beat 'The Sopranos.'

Mark Lawrenson

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