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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The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray.
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The people that have inspired me the most were dancers and choreographers. Even growing up, if I dealt with any pressure to be a certain way, I knew that as an artistic lane, dancing was the one that was a little more freed up - like, no one in my family is really doing that; I can be that person.
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I fervently believe that, as someone has said before, "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." I want to help change the way young people look at school, and hence, the way they look at their futures.
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People who are overweight face discrimination. African-Americans face discrimination. Women face discrimination and sexism. So I don't have the luxury of not being tolerant of anyone.
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How quiet the writing, how noisy the printing.
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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.
