Lou Holtz Quotes
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There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.
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If I'm going to change, my life and experiences should change me for the wiser and more profound.
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Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.
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When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
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Most of the time, economic data is fairly benign. I don't wish to imply it is meaningless, but it is not a driver of stock markets. Indeed, the correlation between economic noise and how equity markets perform has been wildly overemphasized.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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What is extraordinary about contemporary art is the energy - it has our energy. New energy. Pieces hundreds of years old are beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but without our modern energy.
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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I was fourteen, watching 'The Princess Bride' for the 254321th time, captivated by Wesley and Inigo dueling on the cliff-top. I had never held a sword in my life, but I phoned my mum and said, 'I want to learn to fence!'
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The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
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The differences between a tart, a pie and a quiche are a blur.
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I definitely want to teach my daughter Spanish.
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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I always liked movies like 'American Graffiti' and 'Gregory's Girl.' 'Gregory's Girl' is particularly perfect because it really captures that summer holiday bubble of teenage utopia. Even though it's got a happy ending, there's a feeling that these characters may never see each other again.
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My personal life is lived as 'me,' but my professional life is lived as other people. In other words, when I go to the office, I lie down, dream, and become 'someone else.' That's my job.
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They have all different names for music. I think the music I'm going to change the style with is going to be really, really big-years and years after I'm gone.
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My hair is such a statement that it's like a neon sign asking for trouble.
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I never cry about what I don't have. I'm always positive.
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In America, we then made a commitment, particularly after World War II with the GI Bill, to massively expand our commitment to college education, and that meant we had more engineers and we had more scientists and that meant we had better technology, which meant that we were more productive and we could succeed in the global marketplace.
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By the time I hit college, my secret shame was the reason I was an actor was my own words sort of dried up. I stopped writing. I stopped being able to form my own vision. That's actually what my first feature is about - looking back at two different selves.
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Everything's always got to be character-based. We know we can't, if we're sitting in the editing room, watch the sequence for more than 20 seconds without a character having a point of view or moving the action forward; my brain just shuts down, or I start thinking about my laundry.
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Broadcasting is easy; you just talk until you think of something to say.
