Abbi Jacobson Quotes
Someone like Amy Poehler, I don't know, but I feel like I know her. I think everyone feels like they know her.
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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I am sick and tired of the process where everybody tells you that Indian companies don't have the technology and capability. We need to put money where our mouth is and make things happen, and that is what we are trying to do.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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I've always been fascinated by horror films and genre films. And horror films harbored a fascination for me and always have been something I've wanted to watch and wanted to make.
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It seems to me that 'women's writing' by nature would not seek equivalence in the male world. It would be a writing that sought to express a distinction, not deny it.
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I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.
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Seriously, I don't know if people would really tell you this. But in my dream world, the people who work for you would say, 'Wow, I didn't know I could do that until I started working with that guy.'
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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When someone says something in an interview, the beauty of Twitter is that it's a platform for instantaneous response.
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I'm a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without paying any attention to labels, conventions or silly critical fads.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
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If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.
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I was raised doing martial arts.
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My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources - your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.
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Anything's possible in politics.
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I found I loved musicals as much or more than the pure dance world. I also think I became tired of dancing for other dancers.
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This isn't about grabbing people's guns; this isn't about changing the Second Amendment. This simply says that someone who is on the terrorist watch list - a dangerous terrorist - should not be able to purchase a gun.
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If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. There are certain movies like that, where you see the original and think, 'This isn't so great.' And the reason it isn't so great is because everyone has copied it.
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The world is as good as you are. You've got to learn to like yourself first.
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Someone like Amy Poehler, I don't know, but I feel like I know her. I think everyone feels like they know her.
