Abba Quotes

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

  Izabella Scorupco

  Nerd, Sweden, Nerdy

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

  Lasse Hallstrom

  Grief

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

  Abba Eban

  Sarcastic, Believe, Mean

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• The life of Jesus suggests that to be like Abba is to show compassion. Donald Gray expresses this: "Jesus reveals in an exceptionally human life what it is to live a divine life, a compassionate life.

  Brennan Manning

  Jesus, Compassion, Divine

  Brennan Manning (2015). “Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging”, p.48, NavPress

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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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• Prayer is more than thoughts and feelings expressed in words. It is the opening of mind and heart - our whole being to God our Abba Father. It is Divine Union.

  Richard J. Foster

  Prayer, Father, Heart

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• You know, I said in the U.N., I said to President Abbas, "Look, we're in the same city, we're in the same building, for God's sake, the U.N. Let 's just sit down and begin to talk peace."

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Cities, President, Looks

  "One-on-one with Prime Minister Netanyahu". "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2011.

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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 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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• I was overjoyed when I was offered the title role in 'Well Done Abba.' I was ready for the role even before I heard the story because you don't ask questions when it is Shyam Benegal's film. It is the chance of a lifetime.

  Boman Irani

  Titles, Roles, Stories

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• Choose a single, sacred word or phrase that captures something of the flavor of your intimate relationship with God. A word such as Jesus, Abba, Peace, God or a phrase such as "Abba, I belong to you." . . . Without moving your lips, repeat the sacred word inwardly, slowly, and often.

  Brennan Manning

  Jesus, Moving, Intimate Relationships

  Brennan Manning (2011). “The Signature of Jesus”, p.204, Multnomah

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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