Allan Jacobs Quotes
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Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression.
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All my brothers and my dad at one point had dreadlocks.
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Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world of tomorrow unless you are doing proven technology training. That is one of the reasons I'm so concerned.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I just don't know the art of making friends with girls. And that's the reason why I've never had a single girl as a friend. Also, I'm so engrossed in cricket that I've never found an opportunity to interact with girls very closely. In a way, it's better, as my mind doesn't get diverted!
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree: it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better.
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Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
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I'm stronger and sassier as a redhead.
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I never would have guessed that I would get a job for the way I sound. I would get notes about how I should lose my accent, and part of me thinks, 'How dare you! This is who I am! Millions of people want to sound like me!' But it's sensitive, and I have tried to change it, with little to no success.
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Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans.
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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
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I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.
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You cannot win if you cannot run.
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I believe that it is an unchanging value of democracy that ends cannot justify the means in politics.
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There is now less flogging in our great schools than formerly, but then less is learned there; so that what the boys get at one end they lose at the other.
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The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value.
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When I did 'Unforgettable,' it wasn't appropriate for us to take liberties with that music. There had to be kind of a fine line between what had made it so great and the fact that a woman was singing it. We changed some of the arrangements, but not too much.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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Our troops should not conform to customs that represent the marginalization of people and are incongruent with our fundamental values.
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I definitely feel most at home in New York City, although I get stir-crazy if I'm here too long.
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No great city has ever been known for its abundant supply of parking.
