Jami Attenberg Quotes
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To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
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I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my school friends that I was a stud in my colony and to my colony friends that I was a stud in the school cricket and football teams, though I was in no team.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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I was the official wedding photographer at one of my best friends' weddings. Fortunately she was one of the most easygoing brides ever, so she made it easy for me.
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Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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I admit the last couple of years shows were not up to par.
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Environmentalism is a form of pagan fundamentalism. These green wackos are fanatics like al-Quaida. Just like them.
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China is attempting the death-defying feat, which no one has attempted in the history of the world, which is to move a billion people out of poverty. When I speak to Chinese policy-makers, the thing that annoys them the most about Western policy-makers is that they're not given any credit for anything.
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I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.
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Marketers are out there trying to figure out how to get your money out of your child.
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I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.
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I think most people are aware of the garbage in the tabloids and don't give them a lot of credence.
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Do you remember campaigns like 'Keep America beautiful'? What about 'Buckle up'? I believe we need an approach like this to attack obesity. Let's be a good industry that does 100% of what it possibly can - not grudgingly, but willingly.
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Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust?
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The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.
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Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I think it is elitist to think that a trained movement is more acceptable than untrained and possibly unrehearsed movements.
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I remember seeing 'Spinal Tap' at a young age and being like, 'That's how you perform comedy.'
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I don't think I can get anywhere near to fully describing what love is.
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I really am a feminist, though I never used to call myself that.
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I'm a feminist and the theme of her song is, 'When you're ready come and get it from me.' I'm sick of women being portrayed this way.
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No matter how many feminist tracts you read, you never forget what boys like.
