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Ameen Rihani Quotes

We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: lebanese
Birth: November 24, 1876 - September 13, 1940

Topics

World Ego Present State Ever

I'm not good at entertainment. I don't give myself to all the interviews, game shows, or talk shows.

Good Myself Game Entertainment Talk

I put my country and my principles first.

Country Principles First Put

My mom is a casting director, which is pretty awesome.

Mom Director Awesome Pretty Casting

Some artists are bound to an image: Bob Marley has dreadlocks, Matisyahu has a beard. But that's a reminder that the whole thing is not about style. It's about music.

Music Style Beard Image Artists

I think my dad really wanted me to survive the world. He knew as a psychologist how difficult the world is, and I think he wanted me to be tough.

Me World Survive Tough Think Knew

Billy Barnes signed me and got me my first role in an interracial love story filmed in Atlanta called 'Together For Days' with Clifton Davis. My mother thinks it was my best work. You cannot find a copy of it.

Work Love Mother Best Together Me

When I say something's going to happen, it's going to happen.

Say Happen Something Going

Part of my role and part of my job is to shine a spotlight on issues that need that spotlight, whether it's people, whether it's causes, issues, whatever it is.

Job People Shine Need Whatever Role

Life is a journey. When we stop, things don't go right.

Life Journey Life Is A Stop Go

When I was younger, I was so damn pretty, I looked like a girl, so I understand why guys didn't like me.

Girl Me Damn Why Understand Pretty

I live in New York and I love it, because it doesn't make me feel like my life is always just about acting and that world of acting. I don't have expectations.

Life Love Live New York Me World

I love drafting like I love eating ice cream or having sex; I love revising like I love doing logic puzzles; I love line-editing like I love perfectly organizing a bookshelf; I hate reviewing copyedits and the second round of proofreading because, by then, I'm getting pretty tired of my own words. They all have their own challenges, though.

Love Hate Words Tired Challenges

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