Abby Elliott Quotes

I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.

Abby Elliott

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I went to Mexico for three months after college and studied Spanish there. And I went to Cuba and studied at the University of Havana. I loved studying in other countries.

Andrea Navedo

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I didn't want to be the archetypal sponging brother-in-law, so I didn't go into acting when I got to the States. I thought, 'No, I'll go to school and then I'll be an English teacher; that'll be fun.' But I was horrible as a teacher. As hard as I tried, I just couldn't inspire those kids to take an interest in Milton and Shakespeare and Donne.

John Mahoney

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In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale.

Anil Kapoor

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I think a comedian has to be low status on some level; that gives you the right to do all sorts of jokes about all sorts of different kinds of people.

Stewart Lee

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My family very much adored me, and at school, I was an object of fascination.

Ruth Negga

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Any girl can look glamorous... just stand there and look stupid.

Doris Day

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Growing up in wrestling - and I have been involved in wrestling, really, my entire life - I learned right from the get-go that you never forget your fans. They are the ones that put your food on the table and pay your bills.

Bret Hart

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A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives.

Armstrong Williams

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I was never happy, and neither were many of my friends. We were just normal kids that were not so excellent at what society wanted from us at that time.

Sung Jin Park

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What I see is democratizing education will change everything.

Sebastian Thrun

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In 1963, my parents took over a camp business from my grandparents. They turned it into a liberal, progressive, a co-educational, interracial camp for kids from all over the world, all over the country. And it was a very important cause for both of my parents.

Nina Tassler

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In many cases, companies use the crisis moments to pivot to do better. We like to be part of that.

Richard Edelman

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