Derek Luke Quotes

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• To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Heart
  • Single
  • Prayer

• It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.

  

  Sam Harris
  • Religion
  • Morality
  • Simply

• Brain cells are normally not sensitive to light. So by introducing light-sensitive proteins into specific types of neurons, we can now selectively control that specific type of neuron by shining light in the brain.

  

  Feng Zhang
  • Light
  • Control
  • Brain

• My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what.

  

  Jack Wagner
  • People
  • Life
  • Mother

• We can power our economy without despoiling our wild places.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • Power
  • Without
  • WIld

• No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Hand
  • Goal
  • Friendship

• You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Think
  • You
  • Going

• I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.

  

  Carli Lloyd
  • Love
  • She
  • Night

• When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.

  

  Karl Marlantes
  • Family
  • War
  • Peace

• You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.

  

  Tanya Tucker
  • Life
  • Know
  • Parent

• If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route.

  

  Malcolm Forbes
  • Know
  • Doubt
  • Colleagues

• I never saw myself as being ambitious, I saw myself as being in love with the profession. I'm a people person. I love to get to know different kinds of people.

  

  Jack Kelley
  • Person
  • Profession
  • Ambitious

• A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.

  

  Han Fei
  • Father
  • Son
  • Ruler

• When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • People
  • Service
  • Dreams

• A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • Single
  • Integrity
  • Lie

• It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.

  

  Aaron Levie
  • Sleep
  • Unfortunate

• I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured. I've made a transition to where I really want to be.

  

  Flip Wilson
  • Different
  • Comedy
  • Person

• I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.

  

  Karl Malone
  • People
  • Time
  • Want

• None of the kids in the neighborhood had dogs. My dad walked in that Labrador, and we started running together and rolling around together like we found each other after years apart. And then, suddenly, some of the other people in the neighborhood started getting dogs, too.

  

  W. Bruce Cameron
  • People
  • Kids
  • Together

• Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

  

  John Wooden
  • Great
  • Game
  • Learning

• We who survived the Camps are not true witnesses. We are those who, through prevarication, skill or luck, never touched bottom. Those who have, and who have seen the face of the Gorgon, did not return, or returned wordless.

  

  Primo Levi
  • True
  • Luck

• People must have the right to freely practice their religion. It is written in our founding documents and at the core of our values. If you look at my record, you'll see I safeguarded those values.

  

  Deborah K. Ross
  • People
  • Practice

• Cliff was a very smart guy, a reader, very eloquent. I just don't understand why he went, and not one of us.

  

  Kirk Hammett Metallica
  • Why
  • Guy
  • Smart

• It's a story about victory that will touch the lives of everyone who watches it. It's powerful.

  

  Derek Luke
  • Powerful
  • Victory