Rabih Alameddine Quotes
Nobody ever calls me a soccer-playing writer, even though I play soccer and it's part of who I am.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
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Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.
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There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.
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I've moved on to Plan B now, writing novels.
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I know Dark Phoenix is a huge part of the X-Men saga, so I'm assuming they're at least going to want to touch on it, but I don't know and I don't know whether I would want to be involved. That depends on many different things.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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NRDC has helped bring hope spots to more of our shared ocean waters. We helped draft and pass a California law creating a network of underwater parks stretching from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.
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Rey is so strong. She's cool and smart and she can look after herself. Young girls can look at her and know that they can wear trousers if they want to. That they don't have to show off their bodies.
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Beware of geeks bearing formulas.
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I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.
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I tell the government, if people have no jobs, you are in trouble. Government will be in trouble. My job is to help more people have jobs.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
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On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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There's always hurdles. So I just keep moving, just constantly redefining myself. That's how you stay in the race.
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Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.
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In old age the secret springs of human nature are apt to come out.
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I remember, for my birthday once, we all dressed up as Spice Girls. I was Scary.
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My son was a goalkeeper in soccer, and he luckily never had much head trauma. He never had any concussions or anything. I really wanted him to play football, but now I'm thankful he didn't.
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It's weird - the cab driver is playing very loud dance music and yet it doesn't really feel like a party.
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Nobody ever calls me a soccer-playing writer, even though I play soccer and it's part of who I am.
