Rabih Alameddine Quotes

A soccer game is a Wagner opera. The narrative sets up, the tension builds, the music ebbs and flows, the strings, the horns, more tension, and suddenly a moment of pure bliss, trumpet-tongued Gabriel sings, and gods descend from Olympus to dance - this peak of ecstasy.

Rabih Alameddine

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The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'well done'.

John Ashcroft

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Some people would call me a workaholic. I don't consider this time: I just love my work so much, so it's my real hobby, OK? And, yeah, getting some play during working hours for which you are paid is the best job I can recommend for anyone around!

Andre Geim

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Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it.

Mel Torme

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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.

Jean de La Fontaine

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One of the secrets of having a long-term relationship is realizing that even if you think the other person's great, at some point, they're going to mess up and annoy you.

St. Lucia

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After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else.

Lowell Thomas

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The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.

Clarence Darrow

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Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St John.

Boris Pasternak

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Bayern Munich are a team that absolutely have to play in the Champions League.

Arjen Robben

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None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.

Pearl S. Buck

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I don't think the dreams die - I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.

Tyler Perry

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I'm a songwriter, principally, and I was real excited that people liked my songs, but you get a bit of an ego about it.

Rick Springfield

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