Abba Eban Quotes
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There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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There are places where writing is acting and acting is writing. I'm not so interested in the divisions. I'm interested in the way things cross over.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'.
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In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human.
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The quickest way may not necessarily be the best.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
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The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.
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There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.
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Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation.
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Computation, storage, and communications capacity are in the hands of practically every connected person - and these are the basic physical capital means necessary for producing information, knowledge and culture, in the hands of something like 600 million to a billion people around the planet.
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The greatest injustice in the world is to bring a child into the world, and not be able to offer it peace.
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Dad really had little to do with the songs, except to perform them.
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Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.
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You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.
