Lewis H. Lapham Quotes
Since the eighteenth century the immense expansion of the worlds wealth has come about as a result of a correspondingly immense expansion of credit, which in turn has demanded increasingly stupendous suspensions of disbelief.
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You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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I think any branding for me is band-related. It's really weird to get used to the exposure, because I am a naturally introverted person, and I'm not exactly social. Occasionally I can get comfortable enough to talk, but I spend a lot of my days not talking, especially when I'm at home and not on tour.
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The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.
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Public humiliation comes to us all, and never so surely as when we're just a little bit pleased with ourselves and feel, just for once, that everything is going our way.
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
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If I start thinking, 'Is this movie going to open? Is this movie going to do well?' I'm not focusing on the job. The job is to make a good movie.
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I'm a fast writer.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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We, some cast members and I, even went on a weekend trip together and spent the weekend at an inn, because we enjoy each other's company so much, and it was so cool.
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Now the main areas of higher education that still enjoy considerable financial support from government are subjects like engineering and science and the research ringfence which is the basic minimum to protect Britain's scientific competitiveness.
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Bands from Akron have a sense of humor and don't tend to take themselves too seriously.
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'The Princess Bride' is by far the most popular film I've ever done. I don't think I'll ever top it.
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Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.
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I don't miss my youth. I'm glad I had one, but I wouldn't like to start over.
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Die before you Die. There is no chance after.
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It's funny because if you ever ask anyone in England to try and do a Beatles accent, no one knows what they really sound like. If you ask anyone in America, they would try and give it a go. English people just know their songs.
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We spend so much time sublimatin', thinkin' about, 'What am I going to have for lunch, dinner?'
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It's stupid to expect perfection from bands because afterall they're just human beings.
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I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
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Since the eighteenth century the immense expansion of the worlds wealth has come about as a result of a correspondingly immense expansion of credit, which in turn has demanded increasingly stupendous suspensions of disbelief.
