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Abdullah II of Jordan Quotes

I'm not the type of person that is forced.

Abdullah II of Jordan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: leader
Nationality:
Birth: January 30, 1962

Topics

Person Forced Type

For all its power as a protest medium, black Twitter serves a great many users as a virtual place to just hang out.

Power Great Black Place Out Hang

I was really surprised at the success of 'House of Sand and Fog,' because it is so awfully dark. Believe it or not, when writing it, I never had the word 'tragedy' in my head - I wasn't trying to write a dark book at all.

Andre Dubus III

Success Fog Writing Book Believe

Making the Olympic team was the biggest thing I've ever accomplished. That was something I had to wait four years to accomplish.

Team Wait Accomplish Years Something

As someone who writes and teaches YA fiction, I spend a lot of time trying to define its character and readership, and I don't think I'm alone - genres are all about boundary drawing, and the YA genre is, in a lot of ways, about carving out boundaries around adolescence, a space for teenagers to do teenage things.

Robin Wasserman

Character Alone Time Space Think

Life is a glass of wine and having your feet washed - it's a biblical event, might I add. This is part of mankind's story. You are always looking for a moment to take a break.

Life Moment Looking Feet Story Wine

I studied science. And I had a group of friends who were heavily into music and theatre.

Music Science Theatre Friends Group

I always played the ugly sister instead of Cinderella or the Wicked Witch. But those are the parts I love, and actually, to be a character actress, you have more longevity, hopefully.

Love Character Ugly Sister You More

There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

Me Short Doubt Nothing Everything

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

Good Honesty Control Honesty Is Kept

It's the thing that you do well that brings you to prominence. The very thing that brings you to success can also be like a curse, because then people think that's all you can do.

Christine Baranski

Success People Think You Curse Well

You can learn a little bit from everybody, so you should be able to work a bit with everybody.

Work Learn You Little Able Should

Of course it's difficult to top a box office success like Emmanuelle, so it will always be my most important work. But that's nothing to be ashamed of.

Work Success Important Nothing Top

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