Lisa Lutz Quotes
People transform in some ways, and they remain exactly the same in others. Often, the thing you'd like to change the most about yourself is where you will forever remain stuck.
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.
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'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.
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All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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If you want to talk about cultural appropriation, we have to go back to the Greeks.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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In men's sports, people criticize coaches and managers all the time, call out teammates, too, and it's not that huge of a deal. Often, the guy speaking out is even lauded for having the courage to tell the truth. When it happens in women's sports, though, it always seems to be viewed as a nasty, claws-out cat fight.
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I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
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When you watch 'Ray Donovan,' you think that it's about Hollywood, about scandal, about stars, and about trying to keep secrets. That's true, but that's also just the means by which you reveal secrets of the people suffering every day life.
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They got into fact checking at the 'Paris Review,' and it was mortifying. There was a wrangle about Hemingway's lost stories that nearly killed me. It turns out he didn't lose those stories. They weren't stolen from the platform.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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There were a great many in vaudeville - people who never quite came through. But they had their place, and they filled it. They kept theatres open. Those pan-timers, those interstate-timers, those four-a-dayers, those six-a-dayers - they were an integral part of that endearing merry-go-round called vaudeville.
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I'd like to run for office someday, but I'm afraid my ability to spell might give me an unfair advantage.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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Most artists, their 60th show was in front of no one. My first show was in front of 1,200 people.
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Every country has an aspect to it that rubs up people the wrong way.
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People transform in some ways, and they remain exactly the same in others. Often, the thing you'd like to change the most about yourself is where you will forever remain stuck.
