Rabih Alameddine Quotes
I allegedly am an outsider writer, so I write from the perspective of somebody who doesn't completely fit in. But at the same time, I can state the fact that I don't know of any good writer who is not an outsider writer.
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When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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Surreal can be exciting and good, and it can be like living inside an alien landscape, and it can be completely interesting, or you can be alienated from your own life - inside your own life, it doesn't feel familiar any more.
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When I was younger, I had no interest. But after I went to Paris to see the collections for the first time a few years ago, they made a huge impression on me. I realized that fashion is an art form, like acting or painting.
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Our players are mad, but it's good mad.
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The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.
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But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.
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I wanted to play Dracula because I wanted to say: 'I've crossed oceans of time to find you.' It was worth playing the role just to say that line.
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I love hot yoga. I go to a sculpt class with weights. That's really good for the core and it's obviously super hot. I love cardio bar. I'm not a big gym fan, so I like to go to classes.
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My first taste memory is pickle. Even as a kid, I was really weird. I liked chillis. I used to climb up the shelves in my grandmother's pantry. The pickle jar was kept right at the top. One time, I dropped the jar and it broke. I was totally busted.
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Sometimes in the morning, when it's a good surf, I go out there, and I don't feel like it's a bad world.
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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
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Once I have children, the kids come first. One thing at a time for me.
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I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there's a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way.
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Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.
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I'm a crier. I always cry. I cry at the dumbest things, too. This is why I sort of steer clear of movies and films that I know are going to be depressing. I don't care how many awards they've won - I know they're good. I don't need to watch them, because I don't want to be depressed, and I don't want to cry.
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Time well spent results in more money to spend, more money to save, and more time to vacation.
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But the good news was that my elder sister refused to get married straight away and I couldn't get married until she did so I had the licence to go off and dream.
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If a film has a social message, it is very important for me to know what the message is and how it's going to be delivered, but it's not something I look for all the time.
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I'm asking regular folks to be my super PAC.
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Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure.
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We've always known that music is good for improving your mood.
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'Faking It' was hard for me to let go of because I knew how many kids it helped.
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I allegedly am an outsider writer, so I write from the perspective of somebody who doesn't completely fit in. But at the same time, I can state the fact that I don't know of any good writer who is not an outsider writer.
