Sandra Lerner Quotes
When I was in graduate school in consumer science and math, all of the big companies had labs, all doing blue sky research.Sandra Lerner
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We overvalue the arts in relation to the sciences.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
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The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?
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I went to the studio of Fischli Weiss, and it was magical. I thought: 'This is what I want to do with my life; I want to work with artists and be useful to them.' I was magnetically attracted.
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What's been happening in Iraq, what young Americans wearing flak jackets, helmets and flight suits have done is... created the circumstances under which Iraq can become our closest ally in that part of the world and still have a representative government. And that's going to be a very good thing considering what's going on in that neighborhood.
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You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
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I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.
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I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time. It wasn't until 1980 - I think I was 12 years old - that I thought, 'Wow that's what I want to do. I want to be on the Olympic team.'
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
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If my parents ever had to ground me, they didn't really know what that would mean, because I was inside most of the time anyway.
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I have a strong affinity for animals.
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It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening.
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I think chicken and horse meat are ideal food because it's very easy to digest.
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Well, I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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I got a granite chin.
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When something is troubling me, people know about it.
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When I was growing up, my stepmother's sister was the chief detective in one of the adjoining towns, so she piqued my interest in crime.
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After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.
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Tom Waits is someone who has really struck me, ever since I was a kid. He's really a big deal for me.
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Like anybody who grew up in the Eighties, I cringe at the thought of these movies being remade, because of the corniness and cheesiness of the originals.
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Basting is evil. Basting does nothing for the meat. Why? Skin. Skin is designed to keep stuff out of the bird, so basting just lets heat out of the oven. That means the turkey will take longer to cook... so don't touch that door!
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I was in school, but I wasn't into school. I wasn't doing what I wanted to be doing in school, which was film studies. That was what I intended on doing, but I didn't go away to a university because I wanted to stay in L.A. and audition while I took classes, so I elected to go to a community college and just take G.E. courses. It was terrible.
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When I was in graduate school in consumer science and math, all of the big companies had labs, all doing blue sky research.
Sandra Lerner
