Barkhad Abdi Quotes

I used to play football all the time. In the U.S., people don't play football, so I had to learn basketball. Looking back, that's what I like about my life - doing new things, having a new perspective.

Barkhad Abdi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: somali
  • Birth: April 10, 1985

Topics

LifeTimePerspectiveFootballLearn

I think if more people actually pursued what they loved, we'd have a lot more innovation and creativity.

Jennifer Hyman

InnovationCreativityPeopleThink

Our great Constitution challenges us to grow constantly.

Melissa Etheridge

GreatChallengesConstitutionGrow

You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it.

Matthew Macfadyen

ThinkYouKnowNeverGoingI Think

I'll tell you something that's completely true - you can, as a man, obtain everything you want with the truth. If you lie, first of all you've got to be a very good lying actor, which is tres difficile. And it's going to give you poison inside the body.

Jean Reno

GoodTruthLieManYouBody

Net neutrality is the idea that Internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all traffic that goes through their networks the same, not offering preferential treatment to some websites over others or charging some companies arbitrary fees to reach users.

Marvin Ammori

ServiceTreatInternetReachTraffic

The beauty about being a producer is you sit there, and you explore ideas which become a passion, which slowly becomes a reality.

Michelle Yeoh

BeautyPassionIdeasRealityYou

We're never gonna have a nice lady run for president.

Michelle Wolf

LadyNiceRunPresidentNeverGonna

I have my own gym. When you do jokes and they sell, you get a gym.

Don Rickles

YouGymMy OwnJokesOwnSell

Give your clients the earliest delivery consistent with quality - whatever the inconvenience to us.

Arthur C. Nielsen

QualityClientsWhateverDeliveryUs

You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians.

Bruno Mars

FamilyBrotherSisterMusiciansYou

I am a data hound and so I usually end up working on whatever things I can find good data on. The rise of Internet commerce completely altered the amount of information you could gather on company behavior so I naturally drifted toward it.

Austan Goolsbee

GoodI AmEndBehaviorDataYou

I just wanted Sadness to be true, to come from a real place. I tried to work from the inside out, going from my gut all the time. I didn't over-analyze it. I just did it.

Phyllis Smith

WorkTimeSadnessBe TruePlaceOut

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