Jami Attenberg Quotes
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Nothing improves your confidence and brings a team together more than winning a cup.
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I got no hate in me.
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I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.
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It's almost like he's started to sound even more exotic the more people started doing him. I don't know why, but there's just something about Al Gore that makes me laugh.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.
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I've heard this before from people: early 20s kind of screws with your head a little bit because you're transitioning into adulthood and actually becoming an adult with responsibilities and paying bills. So all of a sudden, it's like you're responsible now.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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Essentially what photography is is life lit up.
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'EastEnders' has been wonderful to me and it's no secret that it changed my life all of those years ago. I'll be so sad to leave Peggy behind; she's such a wonderful character to play. I have had the pleasure of working with a marvelous cast and crew and have made many lasting good friends.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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I've been reading titles from IDW for probably as long as they've been in existence. 'Ninja Turtles' is one of my all-time favorite properties ever. I also love, love, love 'Locke & Key.' I also love some of the things they do with pre-existing properties like 'Transformers' and 'Ghostbusters.'
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For economist the real world is often a special case.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
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And I think Americans are phenomenal people.
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If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you.
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What inspires me most are people who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and around the world.
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The Declaration of Independence is that sacred American text so full of meaning and purpose and yet quite empty if you examine it and pull it apart because the words 'All Men' exclude a vast number of citizens.
Colson Whitehead -
I make up stories about people who are either imaginary or some variation of myself.
