Jami Attenberg Quotes

I always tell people this when they're looking for an agent - they should love your work. You are entitled to work with someone who believes in you. Why do business with someone who is ambivalent about you and your art?

Jami Attenberg

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WorkLoveBusinessArtPeopleYou

Swedes are a really humble and shy people in many ways, but I think it's pretty much the same as in the U.S. Little girls want to take photographs with me at lunch.

Joel Kinnaman

HumblePeopleMeLittle GirlsLunch

A man's ability to haggle is never a turn-on. The only thing less romantic than how much you paid is how much you saved. The last thing we want to hear is how you talked the jeweler down on our new earrings.

Jennifer Coolidge

RomanticManYouDownEarringsNew

I know about investment. It's really obvious - you buy property, let it sit for a couple of years and then sell it and reinvest.

Mel B

YouKnowInvestmentYearsProperty

You don't need the world to understand you. It's fine. Some people will never really understand things they haven't experienced. Some will. Be grateful.

Matt Haig

GratefulPeopleWorldYouUnderstand

I really wanted to go Russia. I'm really interested in Russian history, so I'd like to go and put a face to what I've read.

Mia Goth

HistoryFaceGoRussiaInterested

I didn't join a bank because my father worked in a bank or because I thought I was going to be a banker or because I thought I was going to be where I am today.

Ana Patricia Botin

FatherTodayI AmThoughtBankJoin

I don't feel that I'm explaining the world or teaching people anything. And I'm not trying to be a mirror, showing them what's really going on the world. All I'm trying to do is think of stuff that's funny, just like when I'm kidding around with my friends.

Steven Wright

FunnyMirrorPeopleWorldThink

With the right people, culture, and values, you can accomplish great things.

Tricia Griffith

GreatCulturePeopleYouAccomplish

My Dad hated his job. He sold overcoats, but he wanted to make movies. He had a failed career working with the Ritz Brothers - they were like the Marx Brothers, only a tier below. I always had a picture in my mind of him in a straw hat.

Steve Sabol

JobHatMindPictureCareerMovies

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

Mason Cooley

ChangeBetterExcusesFeelNothing

Only a literary work that reveals an unknown fragment of human existence has a reason for being.

Milan Kundera

WorkUnknownHumanReasonExistence

The problem is that music is selfish in that you need to make it for yourself, so that you can give it away, and those two things don't jive. I needed to find the right reason to play that had the magic and mystery and excitement that made me want to play in the first place.

Josh Homme

MusicYourselfMeSelfishProblem

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