William Lethaby Quotes
Art is not special sauce applied to ordinary cooking; it is the cooking itself if it is good.
Quotes to Explore
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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I have to assume that everybody interprets a piece of art they're exposed to as if it's already perfect in its wholeness, without knowing any backstory.
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He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
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Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.
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Being on a lunchbox was awesome, and being on a thermos was pretty cool, too.
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I've never asked a player if they would sign my shoe.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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We owe it to American taxpayers to make sure that contracts intended for small businesses go to small businesses.
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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental break before Vincent Price starts 'rapping.'
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Because we've never encountered a decomposing body, we can only assume they are out to get us. It is no wonder there is a cultural fascination with zombies.
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Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
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I probably dreamt about running off to America or something when I was 16 because it just seemed like I was studying algebra and going, 'What am I going to use this for?'
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The 20th-century ulcer epidemic was a sign of good health in American people - good diet, strong acidity and healthy immune response actually make ulcers more likely. That's why businessmen eating giant T-bone steaks were prone to ulcers.
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What I've realized is that we're our own harshest critics. We give ourselves limitations. But I want to push through that wall, on a creative and personal level.
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When you start a sentence with the word 'illegal', you've got nowhere to go. An illegal is illegal.
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If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.
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Cursive writing does not mean what I think it does.
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Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
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When I got to Princeton I made a point of attending the Philosophy Club and listening to the lectures, but I didn't get involved in any discussions in those clubs. I guess after the first year, I dropped that.
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It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us.
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Art is not special sauce applied to ordinary cooking; it is the cooking itself if it is good.
