E. V. Lucas Quotes
In betting on races, there are two elements that are never lacking - hope as hope, and an incomplete recollection of the past.
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If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.
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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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Wealth is the ultimate panacea to poverty.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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I wouldn't mind having my heart broken because it would mean that I had that much feeling connected to somebody. And that would be really great.
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Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.
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I was excited to get the opportunity to sing something in a movie 'cause I love musicals and I would love to be able to do more movie musicals, in the future.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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If you are constantly making judgments based on superficial affiliations, your world gets to be pretty small.
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The universe, when you leave it alone, is going to be beautiful.
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My music is the chicken soup kind. I want people to get a good feeling in their soul from these songs. Roots rock, heartland rock... whatever you want to call it is OK with me.
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I enjoy music that is commercial. I think that in order for music to be heard in a lot of different situations, you have to always consider that. Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music, and you always have to keep that in mind. It's not so much financial as making sure it gets the shot and is heard on the radio.
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Tricks you need to transform something which appears fantastic, unbelievable into something plausible, credible, those I learned from journalism. The key is to tell it straight. It is done by reporters and by country folk.
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I cry, sometimes, because I'm not 20 years younger, and I'm not healthy. But if I were, I would even sacrifice my writing to enter politics.
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But ultimately it comes down to how the team performs on the day.
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The unweary, unostentatious, and inglorious crusade of England against slavery may probably be regarded as among the three or four perfectly virtuous pages comprised in the history of nations.
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For 24 hours a day, for 10 years, all I thought about was being in a band. That's all I did. I had no other social life. I don't want my life to be like that now. I've spent the past 10 years having a real life as well. But Spandau Ballet is such a difficult shadow to outrun.
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That never stops. That's what drives you: the joy and excitement of doing what you love.
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All people - African, European, American - worry about being different. But I've learned that the traits we'd rush to get rid of are the very ones that others desire. People always covet what they don't have. That's why we should look at ourselves every now and then and say, 'I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.'
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In betting on races, there are two elements that are never lacking - hope as hope, and an incomplete recollection of the past.
