Rabih Alameddine Quotes
Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
Quotes to Explore
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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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I'd love to see more middle and high school teachers who are not teaching English develop classroom libraries. Our message to kids should be that reading is for everyone.
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The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.
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I have the greatest love for the rituals of organised religion - the sense of community and belonging it can confer to people. But me, I'm more a questioner than a follower; not by whim or fashion, but as a decision painfully arrived at after much, much thought.
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There's a history where, when women get to a certain age in this industry, the roles become strictly the mother, the wife, or the older single woman. There should be more of a variety because there are so many different paths that humans take, and they should be given a platform to be seen.
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I have the sensation of doing something good for people, more than being a trendy artist or a successful artist.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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My father has been my role model. And I always looked up to him - be it his management philosophy or his approach towards life.
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In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.
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Well, you know what? The same people that get driven crazy by hip hop are the same people that probably listen to the type of music that drives me crazy. Like, Journey covers.
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We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces.
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I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things.
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The purpose of a business is to create customers.
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When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government - that is despotism.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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We don't take anything when we pass away, and we need to do with the sense of responsibility.
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Trust me, you have to fight. When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.
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We live in a connected world now. Some find that frightening. If people are downloading our music, they're listening to it. The internet is like radio for us.
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I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little inkdrops, And posting it.
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Don't just tell your kids to be active and to get outside and play. Lead by example.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
