Jami Attenberg Quotes

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers.

Jami Attenberg

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BrainShortFindAlmostLikePalate

I wasn't always someone who was talented. It was more that I was loud and loved a challenge.

Jessie J

ChallengeLovedSomeoneMoreAlways

The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.

Matthew Henry

UsSaintsMakeWereScriptures

Most of the time, you can beat a woman in an argument.

Tucker Carlson

TimeWomanYouArgumentBeatMost

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.

Rosalia de Castro

PathTravelMeNot KnowingKnowSee

Going forward, I would love to work with directors like Rian Johnson and Joss Whedon; people like that who are doing big films but do have really independent voices. That's kind of what I want to focus on, is always working with people with at least an independent point of view, even if it's not an independent film.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

WorkLoveFocusPeopleForwardView

My mode as a writer is to layer different perspectives: the scientific, the philosophical, the political, the journalistic. When you layer them, you get a really wholesome, interesting picture.

Michael Pollan

PicturePoliticalInterestingYou

I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.

Mitski

GoodArtEgoThinkYouKind

Marilyn Monroe appeared to be perfect, but she wasn't perfect.

Janet Varney

PerfectSheMonroeMarilyn Monroe

When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy.

Diane Lane

GoodMyselfFeelingCopyYoungOld

Politicians often reveal most about themselves in unguarded moments.

Douglas Alexander

MomentsPoliticiansRevealMost

I interviewed Putin himself in 2000, shortly after he took over as president.

Chrystia Freeland

PresidentOverHeHimselfAfter

I have said, on a number of occasions, that we could have a lower minimum wage or no minimum wage.

Bruce Rauner

SaidMinimum WageNumberWageCould

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