F. L. Lucas Quotes
The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization.F. L. Lucas
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
Adam Goldberg -
I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
Gavin Rossdale Bush -
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
Walter Scott -
I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there's no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.
Edmund Hillary -
Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
Carlisle Floyd -
I think that I am seeing the Internet and seeing technology take and seeing how the work I do through music directly affects people's lives better than any politician I've ever met.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson -
My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
Caitlin Moran -
If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
Olin Miller -
I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature. Gerry weighed 1 pound 14 ounces, and Zachary 1 pound 11 ounces. They were the first male twins to ever survive at Pennsylvania Hospital.
H. G. Bissinger -
Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
Edsger Dijkstra -
I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
Yusef Komunyakaa
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'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.
Nathan Fillion -
Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
Garrett Hardin -
I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
Samuel Dash -
When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
Dakota Fanning -
Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
Jack Nicklaus
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People make mistakes, and bad things happen.
Marcus Luttrell -
I think commitment is inextricably linked with success, and rightly or wrongly, people with a fierce commitment to their goals - the Kanyes of this world - are really entertaining.
Katherine Ryan -
I try to practice mindfulness at all times, including the times where I'm nervous and I'm stressed.
Christen Press -
I never thought I'd reach 21. I used to feel that was old, but growing old doesn't scare me anymore. I just want to have done something super special and have had someone to do it with.
Edward Furlong -
Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmoniously above the willow. May came too soon, and suddenly unable to bear walls, he wandered the campus at all hours through starlight and rain.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization.
F. L. Lucas