Jami Attenberg Quotes
When we are young - or even 32 - we often say 'yes' to everything because we're worried that we won't know what we'll like if we don't try it.
Quotes to Explore
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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My biggest hero was Roman Gabriel, who was the QB of the Rams, and Roger Staubach. Those were the two guys I tired to emulate when I was little.
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Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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When I say I'm an authentic conservative, it's because when you look at who I am and where I come from, it'd be a lot easier to have grown up a Democrat.
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Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
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All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
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In writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars,' I had the freedom to go beyond the original script and add asides, soliloquys and even new scenes. The main characters all get a soliloquy or two - or in Luke's case, several.
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I always tell friends you can't judge your success by someone else's. You can't be afraid to fail.
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I try to avoid describing one interpretation of my books. Of course I have an opinion. I have things I want to say, but I don't ever want to limit anybody, to have them say, 'Oh, he said this, so that's what it's about.' I'm happy people bring their own stuff to it.
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All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
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I will raise a book to Brian Thomsen.
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Power doesn't back up in the face of a smile, or in the face of a threat of some kind of nonviolent loving action. It's not the nature of power to back up in the face of anything but some more power.
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The walking wounded, impaired in life and dissected in death, were our primary clues to where and how parts of the brain work.
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I want anything I produce to be good for people kind enough to try it, but it's the momentum and process I enjoy most.
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Love is the greatest gift that God has given us. It's free.
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As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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I actually think I'm more of a turtle than Verne is. Where Verne is up on two legs and moving at full speed and doesn't pull his head into the shell very often, I in reality was five or ten minutes later to every recording session.
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The influence of Paris, for instance, is now minimal. Yet a lot is written about Paris fashion.
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So it's 1976 and we're still riding on our past success. I mean I've gone on like that for I don't know how long.
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You can't read when you're traveling with other people; it always feels a bit rude.
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You can write 16 plays and not make as much money as you did doing one movie.
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When we are young - or even 32 - we often say 'yes' to everything because we're worried that we won't know what we'll like if we don't try it.
