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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Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.
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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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My parents' divorce was very difficult. Divorce is essentially incredibly painful, but it's also an essential part of life.
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It's cool to have parents and family who will always tell me the truth no matter what. They'll tell me if I'm doing something stupid!
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Spiritual formation is for everyone. Just as there is an 'outer you' that is being formed and shaped all the time, like it or not, by accident or on purpose, so there is an 'inner you.' You have a spirit. And it's constantly being shaped and tugged at: by what you hear and watch and say and read and think and experience.
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My music is not modern, it is merely badly played
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Even pirates, before they attack another ship, hoist a black flag.
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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.
