Rabih Alameddine Quotes
As teenagers, a lot of us just did not want much to do with Arabic culture - we looked to the West.
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If we don't have God in our life, we're considered dead.
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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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The bottom line is, I want us to rebound, defend, share the ball, play hard. That's all. Now if you can't do that, if that's not important enough to you, it's not on me.
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There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
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The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.
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It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.
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We've got to step up our conservation efforts before it's too late. We're not protecting our lands and natural resources. Take the Grand Canyon for example; I'm sure that at one time it was a beautiful piece of land, and just look at the way we've let it go.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith.
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Little by little he came to recognize the difference between the spirits that agitated him, one from the enemy and one from God.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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Someone like Amy Poehler, I don't know, but I feel like I know her. I think everyone feels like they know her.
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I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan.
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Street artists need to get back to actually doing things on the streets instead of in the galleries where they all seem to be ending up. I hope this term 'street artist' falls from the face of the earth, in my honest opinion.
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I was interested in virtual reality for several years even before working at USC, it wasn't an interest that started there at all. In fact, when I started working at USC, I already had prototypes of the Rift that were very similar to the final design.
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I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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I like going to Burning Man, for example. An environment where people can try new things. I think as technologists we should have some safe places where we can try out new things and figure out the effect on society. What's the effect on people, without having to deploy it to the whole world.
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It's depressing and scary, but he needs to know the world around him because he's fourteen now and in two years he's going to drive. He needs to know what goes on out in the world. I'm not going to always be there.
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Rocket to Russia' is, I think, my favorite Ramones record. We reached our peak at that point.
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I went to high school in a steel town in Pennsylvania.
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I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news.
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As teenagers, a lot of us just did not want much to do with Arabic culture - we looked to the West.
