Jami Attenberg Quotes
In 'The Odyssey,' every feast is extremely ritualized; high-status individuals even get a better cut of meat.Jami Attenberg
Quotes to Explore
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
Carlisle Floyd -
There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.
Irvin Kershner -
Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.
R. J. Cutler -
The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
Saint Augustine -
It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
Kate Burton -
We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.
Naveen Jain
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
Kara Swisher -
People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.
Gail Devers -
Like most ghetto kids I knew it was important to be 'somebody' so I became a good soccer player, because excelling at a sport seemed to make you special.
Vidal Sassoon -
I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.
Rafael Palmeiro -
Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
Yuri Milner -
I'd love to do movies and be on TV. But I think if I transitioned into TV/film completely, I would really miss singing and dancing. It would be ideal to be cast in a movie musical!
Laura Osnes
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In America, you complain about job losses because of China, but here, we carry all of the environmental costs.
Ma Jun -
I have a fear of things growing on things. I don't know where it came from. But I go hiking a lot, and sometimes I can't handle moss growing on trees or tumors on trees or mushrooms.
Lara Jean Chorostecki -
The key to wealth is not what we earn. It is in what is spent on us.
Warren Farrell -
I spend most of my time at concerts hoping for that one second that the artist looks at me, I look at the artist, and that's when I get to say, 'Thank you.'
Garth Brooks -
Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free.
Tammy Bruce -
The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.
Karen Maitland
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I, like every other stupid American, assumed the kangaroos would meet us at the airport and they would want to hug us as much as we wanted to hug them. … In Sydney's zoo I did find out about the koalas and how eucalyptus makes them high and why they sleep all day. They're little druggies.
Kristen Bell -
The term "rock" has, unfortunately, become appropriated by four-year-old girls and accountants. An accountant does something amazingly well on the stock exchange and his buddies high-five him: He's a rock star! A four-year-old girl learned to ride a bicycle: She's a rock star!
Ian Astbury The Cult -
I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.
Queen Latifah -
The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
Eric Hoffer -
I have always had a keen interest in defence and military history and read more on this subject than anything else.
Bob Ainsworth -
In 'The Odyssey,' every feast is extremely ritualized; high-status individuals even get a better cut of meat.
Jami Attenberg