Daniel Jacobs Quotes
Candy corn. For Halloween that is my favorite candy, but it doesn't come around that often and I like that.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm an escapist kind of writer.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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I was born in Canada for a reason. It was because my parents wanted me to have the freedoms that this country offers.
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To power the country by building 186,000 fifty-story wind turbines - and running 19,000 miles of new transmission lines - just seems impractical and preposterous compared to the idea of building a hundred new nuclear facilities primarily on the sites we already have.
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If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really helpful because a lot of time there's really cool stuff out there that we just don't see. Because, y'know, the agent is acting in our best interest, but it does sometimes prevent some of the good stuff from getting through.
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Attraction doesn't stop when a child is born. It's the opposite. Being a mum and dad makes you even sexier.
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My father had no influence on my political beliefs, and to imply otherwise is wrong and irresponsible.
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I hope Greece is going to remain in the Euro zone.
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I was naturalized right before Pearl Harbor. Nine days later, I would have been classified as an enemy alien. I might have been sent to a camp.
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The fundamental goal of Republicans and Democrats is to get themselves re-elected.
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'Mahershala' is my nickname.
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On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.
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I'm just kind of fascinated by how we can deny that we are animals and what our impact on the other animals is like, and how quixotic we can be in trying to assess what we've done in trying to correct it.
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Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tragic intent. I don't know what to say to this except that I disagree wholeheartedly.
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The first and most important is to emphasize the enduring nature of the alliance relationship particularly with Europe which does share our values and interests even if it disagrees with us on specific policies.
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Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done.
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The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
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But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concrete poetry - still.
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Public education grants secular worldviews an exclusive monopoly in the classroom.
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Despite all the attention paid to the obesity epidemic and the growing prevalence of preventable diseases, in the U.S. - as a society and as an industry - we've made health hard, even as our daily lives become easier.
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To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.
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I'm definitely seeing more and more new people at shows, which is exciting. It's nice for me, because it's a fresh start. I don't feel as obligated to play old favorite songs - it feels like I'm free to try new things because I'm meeting people for the first time. But there's a lot of people who are showing up and they know all the words to the first album and they're requesting songs from the second album.
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English muffins with avocado is one of my favorite breakfasts.
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Candy corn. For Halloween that is my favorite candy, but it doesn't come around that often and I like that.
