Lucy Dacus Quotes
People actually tell me that I'm living my dream. And I'm like, 'It's a little more nuanced than that.'
Quotes to Explore
-
It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
-
As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
-
I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
-
I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.
-
Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
-
I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.
-
When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
-
Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
-
I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
-
My mission is to support our service members. They're volunteers, and if they're going to go to a hostile place like Afghanistan, I think we owe it to them to back them up and try to help them get through it.
-
I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.
-
I like to hike with my dog, Webster. It helps clear my mind.
-
I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
-
I'm very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that, and I am open enough to say it.
-
Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
-
Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind.
-
You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.
-
There is no such thing as a pure introvert or extrovert. Such a person would be in the lunatic asylum.
-
I don't think you can be a good actor and want to please, because so much about performing and acting is surprising people.
-
If you and your skills are a complement to the computer, your wage and labor market prospects are likely to be cheery. If your skills do not complement the computer, you may want to address that mismatch. Ever more people are starting to fall on one side of the divide or the other. That's why 'average is over.'
-
Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case scenarios, and the long legislative battles over health care reform, financial services reform and the national debt and deficit have taken their toll. Obama no longer looks invincible.
-
There are several revenue streams that are near and present that could support a private space station, including in-space manufacturing, microgravity research, and tourism - for both individuals and sovereign nation astronauts - and in-space supply logistics.
-
I'm nothing special, just an ordinary human being. That's why I always describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk.
-
People actually tell me that I'm living my dream. And I'm like, 'It's a little more nuanced than that.'
