Lorna Luft Quotes
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No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.
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Accept loss forever.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.
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I'm not doing no more 'Flavor of Loves.' I'm trying to grow. I don't want to stay on the same page. You can't stay on the same page in order to get to the next chap.
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
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In particular, I found praying very disturbing, like swimming with bricks tied to your feet. And yet I was drawn to it constantly.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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Fair treatment of human beings and animals in many different realms strikes a chord with me.
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I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
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Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.
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Teams that play together beat those teams with superior players who play more as individuals.
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Josh Brolin is fascinating to watch because he is just so effortless. It's like watching a really gifted athlete run, and I just didn't have that.
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Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
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And all for love, and nothing for reward.
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I played piano growing up. I played classical piano since I was 5, and I sang in choirs, and I sang in plays and musicals.
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I'm not against gay people.
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Religion is a complex and often contradictory force in our world. It fosters hope and comfort but also doubt and guilt. It creates both community and exclusion. It brings societies together around shared belief and tears them apart through war. However, what unites the faithful, whatever their religion, is the unshakeable force of generosity.
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Awe and respect are two different things.
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There's a bunch of different flavours of funny. It's all about the execution of it.
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Percival was mouse-coloured and had not been very attractive even to his mother.
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In Sweden, stardom is looked upon as phony. You walk to the theater every day like everybody else.
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Whether as living humans or as mythological figures, ancestors have always played an important role in the African popular and literary imagination. Sometimes, as in Amos Tutuola's famous short novels, they directly influence events. More often, as in the works of Chinua Achebe, both living and dead ancestors are sages offering valuable advice.
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Dinah had all the class.
