Jami Attenberg Quotes
I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, and I was ruining everyone's Christmas.
Quotes to Explore
-
For 120 minutes, 'Birdman' floats from comedy to surrealism to high drama to quiet brilliance. I felt so inspired by watching this movie. It reaches for the sky and never comes back down to earth.
-
While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that affect our communities require lengthy, deliberate discussions and careful negotiation.
-
It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.
-
I think my numbers speak for themselves.
-
That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
-
Brain cells are normally not sensitive to light. So by introducing light-sensitive proteins into specific types of neurons, we can now selectively control that specific type of neuron by shining light in the brain.
-
The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
-
There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.
-
From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
-
Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.
-
It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
-
Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
-
OKCupid's model is almost entirely based on advertising, which is the way most online media is monetized these days, whether it's the news or whether it's sports, and we think online dating is going to evolve in the exact same way.
-
Spanglish is a creative way also of saying, 'I am an American, and I have my own style, my own taste, my own tongue.'
-
Mel Gibson is losing it. I don't know how people still supporting this dude's movies like it's all good. That dude is nuts. All you gotta do is shut him down and don't support any of his movies.
-
I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
-
The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
-
The one problem with the Internet for journalists who like doing long form is that any story that's going to involve 16 screens on the web page... that's asking a lot of people.
-
It has been suggested at various times that I should start an operation in the United Kingdom but - bearing in mind my age and medical history - I think this would be not a very sensible way to go forward.
-
Look at the computer industry. I've watched a lot of companies come and go, some that were right at the pinnacle of their success.
-
Some people believe I am the third Buddha, but this is people's choice. From me, never. I have never pretended I am special.
-
Americans have become conditioned to believe the world is a gray place without absolutes; this is because we're simultaneously both cowardly and arrogant. We don't know the answers, so we assume they must not exist.
-
I think digital is getting so much better. It's harder and harder to make the argument now for film. All things being equal, though, I still prefer to capture on film.
-
I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, and I was ruining everyone's Christmas.
