Jessica Lucas Quotes
I started in community theater at 7 years old. I loved being on stage and performing. At the time, I didn't correlate that the stuff I was doing on stage was the same thing that I was watching in my favorite films.
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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Virtually every major technology has an initial spike of interest, then a dip, and then a long-term rise to success. The dot-com bubble is the canonical example, but there are many more.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
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Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics.
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When you don't know how to cook, you just say, 'I need something quick,' and then you fry something up. Now that I cook, I think, 'Do I want to have fried fish, baked fish, or grilled fish?'
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In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
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Gluttony is not a secret vice.
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I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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I don't subscribe to the idea that if you don't have the body you want, you can't be proud of the body you have. I think you can do both.
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Right away when I got to college, I realized that being a politician sucks. It's really hard! It wasn't for me. B.J. Novak is convinced that I will run for mayor of Chicago at some point. He begs me to do it. It'd be a tough gig, but I was always very attracted to the idea of helping people and trying to make the city a better place.
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In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics.
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For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to get a driver's license, buy an airplane ticket and stop worrying about sudden deportation. But for the country as a whole, it's crucial that everybody have a citizen's stake in the nation's welfare.
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We see China becoming an unstoppable force. It's a huge threat and a huge opportunity.
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You become like what you worship. When you gaze in awe, admiration, and wonder at something or someone, you begin to take on something of the character of the object of your worship.
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Films with a message just make me laugh.
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It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
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I started in community theater at 7 years old. I loved being on stage and performing. At the time, I didn't correlate that the stuff I was doing on stage was the same thing that I was watching in my favorite films.
