Abbi Jacobson Quotes
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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Money can't buy everything, but it can buy most of it. Because of money, I could give my parents a comfortable life.
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We overvalue the arts in relation to the sciences.
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It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the worst model I've heard of in my life. It's just idiotic. Why wouldn't you just wait for the good ones?
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It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.
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I want to do an American 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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Every story was being made up. My true friends weren't the ones speaking. It was people who never knew me, making up stories. Even my local paper put a $1,000 bounty out for information about my whereabouts.
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I think there are moral obligations, and I think there are economic transactions. So I think that chores are good; I think that allowances are good. I think combining them is bad.
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I had a really complicated relationship with acting for a long time.
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It seems that two of the most basic forms of comedy are jokes and stories. And, of course, they are not mutually exclusive.
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I love comedy, but I was just obsessed with 'SNL' growing up.
