Rabih Alameddine Quotes

When I was younger, I used to find stories about divas charming. Not much anymore.

Rabih Alameddine

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FindCharmingUsedStoriesMuch

I think I'm in the service business. I mean, our sandwiches are pretty good; I don't know if they're extraordinary. But our service is.

Jimmy John Liautaud

GoodBusinessServiceThinkKnow

Being a professional screenwriter is perhaps the hardest occupation. Because nothing is ever yours and, by the nature of the medium, you are never ultimately responsible for your work. It can be interesting - if you have another outlet.

John Gregory Dunne

WorkNatureInterestingYouNothing

I'm strong. I'm outspoken. I feel like I'm equal to men. I can walk in the woods just as much and as far as a man can. Yet I'm still female. I'm very female.

Andie MacDowell

WalkMenManWoodsStrongFeel

My mum had this amazing ability to deflect things, and from an early age, I knew what I was not supposed to talk about.

John Lanchester

AgeAmazingEarlyTalkAbilityKnew

I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn.

Maurice Strong

RespectCriticismLearnYouAlways

I saw 'Purple Rain' in the summer of '84, and, 'Spinal Tap' notwithstanding, it's the greatest rock & roll film of all time. There's so much Prince coming at you that you have to remind yourself he's also a breathtaking guitar player.

Tom Morello

TimeRainYourselfGuitarYouRock

My true love is history, but I didn't know how I could make a living at it.

Robert Zoellick

LoveHistoryTrue LoveLove IsKnow

I am representing California, and all of California, definitely as a Mexicano, a Chicano, a Latino.

Juan Felipe Herrera

I AmCaliforniaLatinoAmDefinitely

Many people, for many reasons, feel rootless - but orphans and abandoned or abused children have particular cause.

Christina Baker Kline

ChildrenPeopleFeelAbandonedCause

I'm a fan of polarization. If you make something that is palatable to everybody, it's like making vanilla ice cream, and I think we have enough of that.

Chris Stapleton

ThinkEnoughIceYouIce CreamFan

Fate is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on.

Citium Zeno

WorldFateReasonThingsChainGoes

You know, from age 17 on, my paycheck was coming from cooking and working in kitchens.

Anthony Bourdain

AgeCookingYouKnowPaycheck

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