Jami Attenberg Quotes
I'm not really interested in writing or reading about people who are nice and easy. I like the problem children.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.
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Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.
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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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Rob Gronkowski cost me the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, and I haven't forgot that.
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Younger audiences are into me because I did 'Stuart Little,' and that movie was a very big deal for kids. And in 'Angels in the Outfield,' a generation of kids learned about magic and angels. And then, of course, there are these two blond girls named Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and I played their nanny on their TV show.
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I like being on a set where you can make decisions and everything is involved and are happy to work together to make the best work. For me, it's all about making the best work and creative people working together and all being respected and all having their opinions of what gives it the best quality is important.
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I wasn't using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education.
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Dad mistook - for some reason unbeknownst to me - he mistook his family for a platoon of Marines. I mean, he - the exact same thing he brought to the disciplining of a squadron, a battalion, a platoon, he brought to the disciplining of his children. He ran the house - he had Saturday morning inspections for us, he had white-glove inspections for us as kids.
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I'm not really interested in writing or reading about people who are nice and easy. I like the problem children.
