Lewis Thomas Quotes
The need to make music, and to listen to it, is universally expressed by human beings. I cannot imagine, even in our most primitive times, the emergence of talented painters to make cave paintings without there having been, near at hand, equally creative people making song. It is, like speech, a dominant aspect of human biology.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.
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I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do.
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I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.
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Maybe I should write 'Tiger Who?' on my cap.
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Love is also a very violent thing. Totally violent. Suddenly, you are, like, at this party your friends invite you to, and you meet this person, and your life is turned upside down, and the next day you can't stop thinking about them. That's violent. Hopefully, it's for the better, but it's a violent thing.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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Albums are like diaries. You go through phases, technically and emotionally, and they reflect the state that you're in at the time.
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Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.
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You'd better believe that Putin sees that in Syria, Obama draws a red line and ignores the red line.
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Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without a clue. It's time to acknowledge the college degree is not worth what it was in the past. Times are changing, and so is the way we prepare our youth to survive in a competitive world.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
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I feel like fashion should not happen in the morning.
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I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.
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We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.
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Fanatic is often the name given to people of action by people who are lazy.
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The need to make music, and to listen to it, is universally expressed by human beings. I cannot imagine, even in our most primitive times, the emergence of talented painters to make cave paintings without there having been, near at hand, equally creative people making song. It is, like speech, a dominant aspect of human biology.
