Rabih Alameddine Quotes
...What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of events affect us.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think for some reason we're conditioned in movies that the protagonist must be heroic or redeemable in some way, whereas in theater, that's not a necessary.
-
'Dhruva' is not a first person narrative of Siddharth Abhimanyu.
-
I became a man. Before that I was a little boy.
-
I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
-
I liked to play dress-up.
-
I don't write about Google except to insult the company.
-
So when I'm working out I do things extreme.
-
I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.
-
Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.
-
YouTube has become more mature, both as a platform and as a community. So much content has been added in almost every conceivable category that there are no more free passes on just getting there first. I think there are greater expectations for audience participation, the kind of participation that makes a real impact in a show's community.
-
People in power, they're so used to people kind of playing up to them.
-
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
-
Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.
-
I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.
-
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
-
Making a movie is still very difficult in Hollywood, regardless of what you have and what level you're at. It is a house of cards, and things have to perfectly align.
-
This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for the historical success of Britain and America.
-
The principle is that every member needs to represent their district.
-
Trump has a way of driving a message so people hear it.
-
Certain songs I feel different people should be on different tracks, you know it's emotional. I put myself into characters for certain records.
-
The challenge with Donald Trump is that he'll deny things he said the day before or even in the same interview. And then sometimes when you try and talk about a fact that he misstated or something that he said out loud that he now disagrees with himself on, it's very frustrating.
-
TV is not good at covering single events. It needs a ritual, a rhythm, and a pattern...TV tends to fosters patterns rather than events.
-
Have faith to keep all the commandments of God, knowing that they are given to bless His children and bring them joy. You will encounter people who pick which commandments they will keep and ignore others that they choose to break. I call this the cafeteria approach to obedience. This practice of picking and choosing will not work. It will lead to misery. To prepare to meet God, one keeps all of His commandments. It takes faith to obey them, and keeping His commandments will strengthen that faith.
-
...What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of events affect us.
