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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Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
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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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Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older.
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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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The soul is your innermost being. The presence that you are beyond form. The consciousness that you are beyond form, that is the soul. That is who you are in essence.
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My great passion and most importantly my ambition was my drive and desire to go bigger and bigger along the way.
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The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.
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I've been running from, and toward, death all my life, more aware of it than a person should be.
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You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.
