E. V. Lucas Quotes
Human nature is rarely so amusing as when trying to get a house off its hands. Women at this task can be untruthful enough, but their untruth lacks the infusion of candor which a skillful male liar can introduce.
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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There are many drugs that have many serious side effects and that are harmful to people. Marijuana is no different than that. And especially we should try to discourage young people from using marijuana.
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I built Kosovo for 10 years.
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As a boy, I was a member of a club run by the famous reptile showman Ross Allen, and the club sent its members pseudoscientific papers mimeographed on construction paper with a three-hole punch.
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There was a point I could have just churned out the spot and spin paintings for ever and laughed all the way to the bank.
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There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.
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Singing is a prayer to me.
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There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors.
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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
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Growing up, I was not used to good things happening to me.
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When Matt LeBlanc had his show 'Joey', I strongly suggested to the producers that they should bring me on.
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I'm not hiding anything. What you see is what you get.
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I have found, writing a blog, that being non-opaque is necessary. You pretty much have to say what you know in much more firm terms or risk that the legions who always know more than you do will tell the story better.
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I find life a mix of humor and pathos, and all my books reflect that to one degree or another.
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It's the difference between having a couple of dates, dating for a few months, or having a marriage and living together for eight years or so. It's easy to look back fondly on the ones that were somewhat short.
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There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing hows and whys about things.
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I was good at keeping my mother from crying.
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You become the movie you are making.
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Human nature is rarely so amusing as when trying to get a house off its hands. Women at this task can be untruthful enough, but their untruth lacks the infusion of candor which a skillful male liar can introduce.
