Jami Attenberg Quotes
I think it's nearly impossible to write something fictional without having it be about yourself in some way or another.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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I'm looking for people who are at the cutting edge of what they do, who think out-of-the-box. Even if their work is something common today, it might have been absolutely new when they started out, so we'd like to hear of their beginnings.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.
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With modeling, you are the client and you give them what they want... with music, it is all about you, people are buying into you as a person.
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I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.
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Like many kids, I was thrown into recreational soccer in my town, and from there, I grew to love it. Everywhere I went, I carried a soccer ball with me.
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In the beginning, I was so chintzy I really didn't pay my employees well.
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I think sometimes when I go to make a move on something, people try to disqualify any talent that I have or any hard work that I've done.
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I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.
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I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.
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Well, I'm certainly glad that I was nominated for an Oscar. There is certainly a respect that comes with that nod. Also, a compliment that comes with it, too. Not that I really know what I'm doing. In a lot of ways I feel like some child on set, or like a kid that snuck in the back door.
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I am forever learning and changing.
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Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
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Once I went to bed in Orlando and I woke up in Atlanta. I have no idea how that happened.
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We have an impact on nature, and nature has an impact on us.
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There is a lot of my childhood in 'The Sandcastle Girls.'
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My showbiz career started with 'SNL,' and to write an 'SNL' book... well, there are already enough of those.
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I say to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.
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My wife didn't like Hollywood or its stars, but she made an exception when, in 1972, we were invited to dinner - cooked by Frank Sinatra.
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My kids are always awake. It's they're taking shifts. 'Alright, I'll annoy 'em from midnight to . Who wants to ?'
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I think it's nearly impossible to write something fictional without having it be about yourself in some way or another.
