Rabih Alameddine Quotes
I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing' when it could not have been written by a man.
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Every Christmas Eve, the elves will come and give us a new pair of pajamas.
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Craig Newmark looks like the kind of guy who would help you move your apartment, sell your furniture, get a job, or help you find that cute girl you saw on the subway.
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Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.
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I'm a 'Lost' guy, I love 'Lost.'
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I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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Yes, I applied a lot of what I did in football to golf.
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I'm sure lots of actors and creative people go through this, where you have some weeks where it's all going according to plan and some weeks where you're super frustrated.
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Singles, whatever. But selling a million albums feels like an impossible thing to do.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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I feel like I'm a very good role model for women.
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When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the things that my father talked about.
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The best holiday I ever had was the first one I went on without my parents, when I was 17.
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I've never had trouble sleeping in my life.
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I'm terrified about psychic people who have their little shops. I always walk across the street and go somewhere else. Imagine if one of them came out with their face all pale and said, 'Hurry up and enjoy yourself.' No one wants to know that.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
