Daniel Jacobs Quotes
Candy corn. For Halloween that is my favorite candy, but it doesn't come around that often and I like that.
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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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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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I have not changed my opinion that the Holocaust is a trauma of European civilization.
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I love to hand sew. I sometimes make clothing for my children, which of course they grow out of in a matter of minutes. I thoroughly love it.
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You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There's a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that's just begun.
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We cannot ensure that women will be free of discrimination in the workplace and everywhere as long as women are not universally defended under our Constitution. As it stands now, the equal rights of women are subject to interpretation of law. That is a risk our mothers, sisters and daughters cannot afford.
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When you write a song you're more or less saying, "This is everyone. I think this is everyone." It doesn't necessarily have to be this thing where I go out and I'm like candy-striping, or becoming a therapist or something. I think that maybe, maybe I'm supposed to be a musician, because of that fact.
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Around here, though, people don't treat me any differently. That's to be expected. I don't mind at all, being in the shadow of three Hall of Famers. I just want to learn all I can from them.
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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.
