Lisa Lutz Quotes
I'm not a huge fan of research, but sometimes you get an idea, and then you realize you don't know anything.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?
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Communities don't think, don't believe, don't want, don't have needs, don't have interests and don't make decisions. Only individuals have minds that generate desires and needs - and only individuals can make choices and decisions.
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When student performance shows increases on test scores, that improvement is not associated with an increase in 'fluid intelligence' - that is, using logical thinking and problem solving in novel situations, rather than recalling previously learned facts and skills.
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Truth comes to us mediated by human love.
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In the course of the reform, some new circumstances that we had not anticipated have appeared.
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You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!
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That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.
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'Mvula' is my married name, but for some reason my nan calls me 'McVula.' I'm not sure if it's one of those jokey Caribbean things, or whether she's just getting it wrong.
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What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.
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Art is subject to arbitrary fashion.
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When there is an accident involving fire, in most cases death is caused by the inhalation of the toxic smoke. What we need is air to go to a driver for 45 seconds. I'm surprised that this is not done, and I would make it compulsory.
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One thing Middle-earth is short on is the feminine.
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In the '50s, critics used to say I had a 'dangerous' act.
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I'm not one to think of burying my head in the sand - I've always been a positive person and still am now.
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You can't just look at someone and guess their sexuality. There's no point in assuming that every gay man has just one personality type.
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Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
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We become obsessed with 'truth' when discussing statements, just as we become obsessed with 'freedom' when discussing conduct...Like freedom, truth is a bare minimum or an illusory ideal.
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I don't think at Pixar we'd ever make something that was too scary for general audiences.
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I dreamed my way into Lincoln and the details that moved me - his lack of education or 'civilized' manners and his deep connection to all humankind.
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I try as best as I can to have a normal life. People recognise you, of course, and that's very strange. But I sort of leave my working life behind when I go home. That's my other world.
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If the world is made of language, then you can hack it in the sense that you can hack code.
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I'm not a huge fan of research, but sometimes you get an idea, and then you realize you don't know anything.
