Abbi Jacobson quotes

“Women right now, we can't make mediocre [stuff]. Men can and do make tons of mediocre stuff, but I feel like women.”
-- Abbi Jacobson

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#Men Quotes #Stuff Quotes #Mediocre Quotes

“I think being compassionate of each other's lives and issues is nonnegotiable when it comes to friendships. We're all going through different stages and issues, and as I get older, I'm trying to lean into that.”
-- Abbi Jacobson

Source : Source: www.sheknows.com

#Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes #Different Quotes

“I think that Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs, like, a pump-up. And I think Jock Jams is a classic pump-up. Like before she starts working, she needs that.”
-- Abbi Jacobson

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#Thinking Quotes #Classic Quotes

“Comedy can simultaneously allow you to dive headfirst into the world's pain and escape it.”
-- Abbi Jacobson

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#Pain Quotes #Comedy Quotes

“I used to not be into the fancy ones. I used to eat goo balls all the time.”
-- Abbi Jacobson

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#Balls Quotes #Fancy Quotes #Used Quotes

“Cereal when high is always a great option. I don't even have cereal for that reason.”
-- Abbi Jacobson

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#Cereal Quotes #Reason Quotes

“Every show that comes out that's female driven is compared to the last female-driven show, as if it's taking over.”
-- Abbi Jacobson

Source : Source: www.elle.com

#Female Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Driven Quotes

“All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it. It formed my generation and the world we lived in. I played Hurricanes and Spitfires in the playground, and war films still form the basis of all my moral philosophy. All the men I've ever got to my feet for or called sir had been in the war.”

“Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile.”

“God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone.”

“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”

“This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it.”

“The problem with the internet is that anyone can just make stuff up”

“In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.”

“La mort n'est que pour les me  diocres. Death is only for the mediocre.”

“We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre...”

“Controversy is what mediocre people start because they can't communicate anything meaningful.”

Source : G. Willow Wilson (2010). “The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam”, p.261, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.