Rabih Alameddine 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. – Rabih Alameddine Basically Quotes Bit Quotes Dialect Quotes Exaggerate Quotes Fibs Quotes Harat Quotes Lebanese Quotes Map Quotes Mapmaker Quotes Tales Quotes Tells Quotes Word Quotes 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. I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find – well, mind-expanding, really.
Kenneth Choi I told my extremely conservative, uber-traditional Korean father, ‘Hey, Dad, I know what I want to do for the rest of my life. I want to be an actor.’ – Kenneth Choi
J D Vance People listen to what their political leaders are telling them, and my view is both that Trump is tapping into some racially ugly attitudes, but also that he is leading people to racially ugly attitudes. – J D Vance
Bruno Tonioli I started dancing before I could talk. Other babies learn to stand and then walk – I just danced. – Bruno Tonioli
Drew Scott When I want to quickly take a measurement, I use my Stanley Laser Distance Measurer. You just put it on the wall, and it shoots a laser and instantly tells you the exact distance to the other wall within a fraction of an inch. – Drew Scott
Nick Cave I write a lot, and very often I write a couple of lines that are particularly revealing in some kind of way. And then as a few more lines get added and a piece gets added, eventually the song pretty much takes over and you can’t really find a way to change those things. – Nick Cave
Olivia WildeSad Fear of carbs, of gluten, of everything – we’ve distanced ourselves from the beauty of food, the art of it. It makes me sad when people say, ‘Oh, I don’t eat gluten. I don’t eat cheese. I don’t eat this. So I eat cardboard.’ – Olivia Wilde
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