Abbi Jacobson Quotes
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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I write in a small office at home.
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Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.
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In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.
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What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
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The marketability, the success of a book, ultimately rests with whether or not people will find the concept/characters/title/cover appealing.
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I'd feel guilty just doing gags.
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The investigation into the possible effects of cosmic rays on living organisms will also offer great interest.
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Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.
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I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.
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You kind of forget he's Peter Jackson in a way because he's so normal; he's lovely. It's like having a friend direct you, except it's Peter Jackson.
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I try to keep myself as normal as possible. Stardom is transient. People forget you after a while.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
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I hardly ever go to the movies.
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Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.
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I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz.
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
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I was not an easy kid.
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I was never a big fashion person, and so I'm sure I wore whatever. I was growing, and so I just wore whatever clothes that weren't that expensive and made sense at the time. But I'm sure that I look back and say, 'What was I thinking?' My adolescence was more in the '80s, and that's more my cross to bear.
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Past Olympians have a continuing role within the Olympic family.
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Robert believed in restraint. He made it a point not to emulate his father. He refused to be the kind of man who took a woman just because he fancied her. But, damn it, sometimes he wished he were. He wished he were with every part of his being.
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My home and my upbringing and just the problems in my family within my extended family were such that it truly was a mix of the good, bad, and the ugly.
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I'm not super, super religious. If this is okay to say, I'm more culturally Jewish.
