"In 1998, I started a blog, something I could control very easily and update at my own whim."

-- Jami Attenberg

#Updates Quotes #Whim Quotes

“I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, came when I was looking in the mirror one day and just burst into tears. It wasn't just that I looked bad, it was that I knew my problem was me.”
“When I was a very small child I went to a new play group. The first thing I did was run over to a little tot with incredibly chubby cheeks and sink my teeth right into them.”
“The more people involved in making a movie, the worse it is, generally.”

Source : "Not just a chick thing". Interview with Simon Braund, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2002.
“So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voice, but cheer up, it's fun in the end.”
“Jihad and the rifle alone. NO negotiations, NO conferences and NO dialogue”
“When it comes to deep and difficult ethical matters - such as the relation of an individual to God, or, I think, an individual caught up in the sublimity of a revolution then things are very different and the Kantian ethic is shown to be limited in its value.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity.”

Source : 1986 Interviewed on ABC news, 3 Nov.
“If you had to spend every second, of every day, of every year of your life with someone, would you do whatever it took to love that person? Would you be a best friend, a teacher, coach and mentor? Would you do whatever it takes to treat that person with respect? Well guess what? That someone is you! Who deserves the best more than you do? Think about it and have an outstanding day...!”

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