Lukas Foss Quotes
Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.
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Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
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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.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
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When I first started out, I was a bad actor.
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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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The press doesn't stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be an incremental process, and the pace at which the free press polices itself depends on how journalists are targeted.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
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Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!
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My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.
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Man, I don't got any real fans. Just fair-weather ones and groupies.
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He regarded life as a rather odd club of which he had accidentally become a member and from which one could be expelled without reasons having to be supplied. He had already decided to leave the club if the meetings should become all too boring. But how boring is boring?
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Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.
