Rabih Alameddine Quotes
I opened myself to you only to be skinned alive. The more vulnerable I became, the faster and more deft your knife. Knowing what was happening, still I stayed and let you carve more. That's how much I loved you. That's how much.
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Actually William wasn't there for quite a bit of the time initially, he wasn't there for Freshers Week, so it did take a bit of time for us to get to know each other but we did become very close friends from quite early.
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Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.
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With TV, you get on a show and you're there for 11 years playing the same character. I would pull my hair out. Yes, the money is good. But I'm really not in this business to chase dollars.
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I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can.
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I developed my taste for coffee at five, staying with my grandmother in Connecticut.
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I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.
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Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
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At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it.
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One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.
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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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We've just been nostalgic about old-school hip hop, listening to it at home and looking at people like Slick Rick and all those guys who used to wear huge jewellery.
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That's my favorite kind of television, where it's not wrapped up in a pretty little bow. It's like life. You deal with one thing in your life, 500 others rear their head.
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The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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I don't know if I expected to be a captain of an All-Star team. It's pretty cool.
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My vision and my creative ability is just so broad.
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To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering.
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You are the mother, the father, the sister, the brother, the teacher and the guide for the soul that has been placed in your trust.
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To avoid discovery I stay on the run. To discover things for myself I stay on the run.
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I was the daughter of teachers, so school was always very important. I liked it.
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You can't forge a new sort of consensus, you can't forge public opinion, by following public opinion.
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Fame doesn't redeem you. It takes a long time to get there, and when you're finally there, you realise you still have authority figures telling you what to do.
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I opened myself to you only to be skinned alive. The more vulnerable I became, the faster and more deft your knife. Knowing what was happening, still I stayed and let you carve more. That's how much I loved you. That's how much.
