Quotes by lebanese authors

I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible. Rabih Alameddine

Writing Half Paragraph Mystery Terrible Were Novel Started

I always assumed that everyone knew no country would ever be awarded a World Cup without pricey gifts exchanging hands under the tables. Rabih Alameddine

World Country Assumed Everyone Gifts Would No Country Tables Exchanging Knew Without Always Cup Hands Awarded World Cup Ever

In 1975, I left the burning city of Beirut for the quiet insanity of England. To say that short, frail and wispy 15-year-old me didn't fit in would be such an understatement as to be a joke. Rabih Alameddine

Me Insanity Joke Frail Say Would Would-Be City Understatement Fit Left Quiet Short Burning England Beirut

I stuck out more in an English public school than I would have had I marched in a May Day parade with the Red Army in Moscow or sashayed the Yves St. Laurent catwalk with supermodels or hunted seals with the Inuit or - well, you get the idea. Rabih Alameddine

For me, soccer was a dance. Rabih Alameddine

Me Dance Soccer

A team without hope fizzles: no flameout, no fire. Rabih Alameddine

Hope Fire Without Team

I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game. Rabih Alameddine

Love Game Enjoy Gave Delusion Up Soccer Much Play Players

I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books. Rabih Alameddine

Mother Books About Pick Began Up

Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why. Rabih Alameddine

Other Rampant More Sport Sure Than Any Soccer Why

I've never had a problem finding a team, a league, or a pickup game. Actually, I'm not sure I want soccer to get bigger. We have so many teams in San Francisco that there aren't enough fields. Rabih Alameddine

Soccer is the most widely played sport in the U.S. Rabih Alameddine

Most Sport Soccer Played Widely

I think I'm being conservative when I say there are more people playing soccer in the United States than in 90% of the world's other countries, probably 95%. Rabih Alameddine

People World Conservative Think Other Other Countries Say States More More People Countries Than Being Soccer United United States Playing

If you want to know whether soccer is big in America, pick a weekend, go to any park in the land, and pay attention. We're there. We've always been. Rabih Alameddine

You Big Pay Pay Attention Park Weekend Pick Attention Know Always Go Been America Any Want Whether Soccer Land

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

Music Game Dance Pure Sets Strings Horns More Tension Ecstasy Opera Narrative Bliss Builds Wagner Sings Up Gods Gabriel Soccer Descend Moment Suddenly Peak Flows

We need to restore the confidence in the country, first of all. Rafik Hariri

Confidence First Country Restore First Of All Need

You know, it is very clear that the Israelis, they don't want this plan and they don't agree. Rafik Hariri

You Clear Know Israelis Very Want Plan Agree

We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens. Rafik Hariri

Peace Our Security See Absence Withdraw Because Territory Israel Lebanon Accountable Want Anything Happens Really Agreement Basis

And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader. Rafik Hariri

Government Leader Other See Attacking Part Israeli Israeli Government Hand Palestinian