Lamman Rucker Quotes
Most importantly, I realize the value of the other people - the extended family - the other people within my community, my cultures: my teachers and the other people I call Auntie, Uncle, Godfather, Godbrother, whatever. These are people who pulled you in and made you part of their lives and their homes.
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Ozzy has dyslexia.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use the term 'zen' and terms like 'nirvana,' 'enlightenment' in an almost superficial way. It's not that complicated.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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I'm so freaking competitive it's unbelievable.
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I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how life works.
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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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I think women love very hard. We love men. We just love with everything we have. And sometimes, I don't know that that love is met with the type of dignity that we wish it would be met with.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this organization deliver tangible, meaningful results that advance peace, development and human rights.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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You can tell if there's magic in something. When you start it, you want to finish it and you want it to be perfect. If you're not inspired, and you're working hard to pull inspiration from somewhere and make a song something it's not, then it's very contrived, and I don't like to write music that's contrived.
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I noticed the people who drove the nicest cars were all in the garment business.
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Very many people go through their whole lives having no real sense of what their talents may be, or if they have any to speak of.
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Most importantly, I realize the value of the other people - the extended family - the other people within my community, my cultures: my teachers and the other people I call Auntie, Uncle, Godfather, Godbrother, whatever. These are people who pulled you in and made you part of their lives and their homes.
