Rabih Alameddine Quotes
If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God.
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I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels.
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Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
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Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.
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Beijing Coma took me 10 years to finish.
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I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
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Growing up, in my under-15 days I used to be a wicketkeeper, and that carried on till I was 17. Then I started focusing on my batting and moved on. I got into the Ranji team quite early, and generally, as a youngster, the first place you are put in is at bat-pad and short leg, so you had to work on your close-in fielding straightaway.
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The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.
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All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid.
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I was having serious issues with becoming a diabetic.
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The sense of being a separate, egoic self begins with the astral, not with the physical, body. The soul is individualized spirit.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
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Tell me the truth - do you think I've lost my Southern accent? I feel it comes back to me only when I'm shouting at fights or at baseball games.
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I enjoy the inventive ways in which language is manipulated to make meaning.
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My parents' marriage is a gift to everyone around them - 60 years of making their kids laugh. How many parents are actually funny?
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I have long been fascinated by our inclination to assume others we meet have the same moral code, similar values, and yet we can never be sure.
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In the high-income English-speaking world, the elderly get treated very well indeed.
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If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God.
