Lebanese - Artist | 1959 -
In Lebanon, there are completely different opinions and values in one country in terms of religion, modernity, tradition, East and West - which allows for a kind of intellectual development not available anywhere else.
Rabih Alameddine
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I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.
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'Harat' is actually - it's a Lebanese dialect word. It comes from 'the mapmaker,' somebody who makes a map. And it basically means somebody who tells fibs or exaggerate tales a little bit.
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We seem, particularly over here in the West and in America in particular, to have forgotten that we are, in large measures, the story we tell ourselves about ourselves.
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I jokingly say if there was one great thing about, you know, the Lebanese Civil War was that it forced me to read.
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If you go through any culture that has had wars, go to the bomb shelters, and you'll hear some amazing stories. Yes, it's a necessary thing that we actually both distract ourselves and it's a way to bond.
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I couldn't tell the truth if my life depended on it.
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I always say show me a storyteller who doesn't embellish, and I'll show you a bad one.
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I loved problems on paper, and I was good at math, but I was a mechanical engineer, and I never understood - or cared to - how a car worked.
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Nobody ever said I'm a simple personality.
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Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself.
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When I wrote my first book, 'Koolaids,' I felt rejected and not wanted.
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