Ian Lurie Quotes
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I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
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I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
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It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up in. It's not 1973.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
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Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
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I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.
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I try to shut out ideas about why you should do things. Trying to do good architecture and really designing a career? There's some attention to be paid to that, but I don't think it's everything.
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Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them.
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I don't know where my medals are.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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I worry so much. Like, 'Damn, how can I be excellent?' But it's a journey.
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Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not.
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Outsourcing isn't the answer to everything. Lots of internet marketing pundits will tell you to outsource, outsource, outsource. Having a trusted team that knows each other and enjoys working together is good, too.
