Jami Attenberg Quotes
It should be said upfront that I totally dig people who work in bookstores and libraries. They love books, and I love books, and that is all I really need to know. If they are friendly to me, then we are clearly soul mates.
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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.
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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.
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I'm a night owl for sure. I was born at 1 A.M., and that's the excuse I use.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.
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I think probably the reason why I really enjoy acting is that I really am interested in people. I'm interested in what they think, why they think it and what happened in their lives to make them see things a certain way.
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All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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One does not allow the plumbers to decide the temperature, depth and timing of a bath.
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It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
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We need to be aware of what we are capable of first and realize that if you place your dreams really really high, you do have the potential to get to that level.
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That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures, and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.
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It will be hard to convince people that their welfare is safe in the hands of a federal government when they feel themselves the victims of unjust sectional discrimination.
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Love is not just about love for your girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, or wife. Love, for me, is the love for my work, family, and even friends. The emotion is very strong. It comes with a lot of responsibilities.
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God does not bestow his spirit on his people in order to set aside the use of his word, but rather to render it fruitful.
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I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s.
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It should be said upfront that I totally dig people who work in bookstores and libraries. They love books, and I love books, and that is all I really need to know. If they are friendly to me, then we are clearly soul mates.
