Andrew Lang Quotes

Among the various forms of science which are reaching and affecting the new popular tradition, we have reckoned Anthropology. Pleasantly enough, Anthropology has herself but recently emerged from that limbo of the unrecognised in which Psychical Research is pining.

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• Every hero becomes a bore at last.

  

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• My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.

  

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• Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

  

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• Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.

  

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• When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.

  

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• Some people remaster their records six, seven times, remix it three, four times, spend a million hours, then they always go back and hear a demo of it and they'll say, 'Aw that sounds so much better than the final mix.'

  

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• If I can hit the ball the way I want to hit it on the range, I'd rather do that than play golf. I just love the feeling of hitting good golf shots.

  

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• What doesn't feel okay to me, what feels a little bit out of balance, is when you want to turn yourself into something else – when you want to be another person.

  

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• Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits.

  

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• The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.

  

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• I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.

  

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• When I work on a movie, I never aim for records, collections or the number one position. I always concentrate on my work and look for ways to improve my acting abilities. I also advise my co-stars not to concentrate on these pretty issues and just focus on acting.

  

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• You were born as the one you are.

  

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• Someone has to pick up the tab when people get out of repaying their own debts.

  

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• Would people cheat on climate science? Sure. Because all it is a model into which there are 2,000 variables, and if I want this outcome, I nudge that one up a little and down a little bit, and there you go.

  

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• For an industry that's built on science, the technology world sure has its share of myths.

  

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• Among the various forms of science which are reaching and affecting the new popular tradition, we have reckoned Anthropology. Pleasantly enough, Anthropology has herself but recently emerged from that limbo of the unrecognised in which Psychical Research is pining.

  

  Andrew Lang
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