Abba Quotes

• ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.

  Lasse Hallstrom

  Grief

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• I thought if Oasis could get away with sounding like The Beatles, I could get away with sounding like Abba.

  Pete Waterman

  Oasis, Get Away, Ifs

  "... Pete Waterman" by Paul Morley, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2009.

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• You're not really supposed to like ABBA in Sweden. It's nerdy.

  Izabella Scorupco

  Nerd, Sweden, Nerdy

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• I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it’s my stuff.

  Lasse Hallstrom

  Two, Video, Stuff

  "Soft-centred". Interview with David Eimer, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2001.

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• History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

  Abba Eban

  Funny, Sarcastic, War

  Speech in London, 16 Dec. 1970, in The Times 17 Dec. 1970

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• Today on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abba’s Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ

  Brennan Manning

  Jesus, Children, Today

  Brennan Manning (2015). “Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging”, p.17, NavPress

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• My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.

  Agnetha Faltskog

  Unhappy, Experience, Path

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.

  Abba Eban

  War, Unconditional Love, Thinking

  "The Impact of the Six-Day War: A Twenty-Year Assessment". Book by Stephen J. Roth, 1988.

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• A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

  Abba Eban

  Sarcastic, Believe, Mean

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• If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.

  Abba Eban

  Israel, Algeria, Earth

  "A fence built for peace" by Abba Eban, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2004.

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• My life is as good as an Abba song. It’s as good as Dancing Queen.

  Toni Collette

  Song, Queens, Dancing

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• Night falls over Machu Picchu to the sound of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'.

  Michael Palin

  Queens, Fall, Night

  Michael Palin (2010). “Full Circle”, p.177, Hachette UK

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• Abba Dorotheos said: No matter what kind of sorrow comes to you, don't blame anyone but yourself, and say, "This has happened because of my sins."

  Ignatius Bryanchaninov

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• Abba's last tour was a success but awful for me.

  Agnetha Faltskog

  Awful, Lasts

  "Supertroupers" by Peter Paphides, www.theguardian.com. June 7, 2002.

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• I assume the Spirit is always whispering, "Abba", to God's children, assuring them that they are safe in His care. And he is continually calling them to become what God saved them to be, solid people, indestructibly alive, hurting perhaps, but consumed with pleasing the Father.

  Larry Crabb

  Hurt, Children, Father

  Larry Crabb (2007). “Becoming a True Spiritual Community: A Profound Vision of What the Church Can Be”, p.24, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I don't own an ABBA album, and I never had the urge to go and buy one. If you're just talking about well crafted pop songs, they were fantastic.

  Phil Collins

  Song, Talking, Albums

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The most important thing is that you honor that musical integrity, whether you make music that sounds like ABBA or you make music that sounds like Void.

  Dave Grohl

  Integrity, Musical, Honor

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• When I was 25, Abba was formed. After Abba I made three solo albums. Maybe I have been productive enough.

  Agnetha Faltskog

  Albums, Three, Enough

  "Abba set for reunion as Agnetha admits, 'I have a dream'" by Alex Duval Smith, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2011.

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• But nothing ever put 'Hoppy' in the shade. No one could fail to recognize in the little figure... the authentic gold of intellectual inspiration, the Fundator et Primus Abbas of biochemistry in England.

  Joseph Needham

  Inspiration, Science, Intellectual

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• The anything-goes passiveness of the religious and political Left is matched by the preachy moralism of the religious and political Right. The person who uncritically embraces any party line is guilty of an idolatrous surrender of her core identity as Abba's Child. Neither liberal fairy dust nor conservative hardball addresses our ragged human dignity.

  Brennan Manning

  Religious, Children, Party

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• Of course, Israel cannot be expected to negotiate with anyone who is dedicated to its destruction. But while I know you have had differences with the Palestinian Authority, I believe that you do have a true partner in President Abbas.

  Barack Obama

  Believe, Differences, Israel

  "Obama: Israel Has "True Partners" In Peace In Abbas, Fayyad". www.realclearpolitics.com. March 21, 2013.

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• If faith, then new birth; if new birth, then sonship; if sonship, then "an heir of God, and a joint-heir with Christ." But if you have not got your foot upon the lowest round of the ladder, you will never come within sight of the blessed face of Him who stands at the top of it, and who looks down to you at this moment, saying to you, "My child, wilt thou not at this time cry unto me, 'Abba, Father?

  Alexander MacLaren

  Children, Father, Blessed

  Alexander Maclaren (1859). “Sermons preached in Union chapel, Manchester”, p.83

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• There's no reason - not yet, anyway - to believe [Bob] Dylan himself endorses such an attitude; or that he would think of himself as a more profound and worthy recipient than, for instance, any of the brilliant Motown or girl-group lyricists who are more likely to be awarded a Nobel prize for chemistry than for literature. Whether there is more truth and humanity in his best lyrics than in Abba's, or less, is unquantifiable, and it would be meretricious to attempt such a calculation in contesting an argument he has been dragged into.

  David Bennun

  Girl, Attitude, Believe

  Source: thequietus.com

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• [Abbas Kiarostami] is a great artist and a poet. I sometimes think that if Samuel Beckett made films, he'd make them like Kiarostami makes them.

  Anthony Minghella

  Artist, Thinking, Sometimes

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• Film begins with DW Griffith and ends with Abbas Kiarostami.

  Jean-Luc Godard

  Film, Ends

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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