Irwin M. Jacobs Quotes
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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After 'Sesame Street,' it's a hyper-familiar world to me and I have this childlike ability to ignore the fact that I'm talking to scraps of cloth. Every country I go to, I see posters promoting the film in different languages. 'Los Muppets' - I love that!
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.
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A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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When I was in high school, I started getting into Japanese wrestling. For me to watch those matches, I had to order VHS tapes through catalogues, and these tapes were, like, $20 each.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got.
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I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.
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I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
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I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.
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On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
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The goal must be to expand ourselves beyond one field of focus and use our improved access to information to solve the very real and extreme economic, environmental, and resource challenges we face as an interconnected, global society.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Fair treatment of human beings and animals in many different realms strikes a chord with me.
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First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
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Modern buildings of our time are so huge that one must group them. Often the space between these buildings is as important as the buildings themselves.
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I think, when I'm 73, I'm going to be getting softer, writing Hallmark cards, losing my teeth.
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I believe people can have a profound experience by being surrounded by something beautiful - that's what I aim for. My sculpture is about the way you feel when you're standing under it and inside it. It's experiential art.
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My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.
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I felt at some times Kobe might have taken advantage of our flexibility.
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I've always found it very important to do your homework first and then talk.
