Lukas Foss Quotes
It is obvious that anything a scientist discovers or invents is based on previous discoveries and inventions. The same applies to the arts.
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I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
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My son's a West Point cadet.
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I had to deal with being somewhat of an outcast because it's not socially acceptable to be a struggling musician. There have been times where I've felt sorry for the person I was dating. I felt she deserved better.
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What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?
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The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
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Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout.
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Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.
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Whenever I have tried to write for other people, that's when my writing has failed, when nobody wanted to read it or buy it. But it's only when I've been able to write a story that makes me excited, only then have other people wanted to read it.
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Exercise is roughly equivalent to an oil lube and a filter for a car. You don't have to do it, but when you do, it makes the car run a lot better.
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I'm so happy when I'm working.
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But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism, initially conceived of in a metaphorical sense, began to be taken increasingly seriously and came to entail waging a real war.
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Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
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Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.
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Let me be clear: since I am pro-life, I do not support the mission of Planned Parenthood.
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We've learned a bunch of things; when you send a message to people, keep those messages short. Imagine walking up to a girl in a bar and going into a four-minute speech about how great you are. No one wants to hear that.
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He was brother to a liar and brother to an angel, son of a dream and son of a dreamer.
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I always swing at the ball with all my might. I hit or miss big and when I miss I know it long before the umpire calls a strike on me, for every muscle in my back, shoulders and arms is groaning, 'You missed it.' And believe me, it is no fun to miss a ball that hard. Once I put myself out of the game for a few days by a miss like that.
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'I frankly doubt that.''Ah. That is your privilege. But doubt doesn’t alter fact, sir.'
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I don't like people who don't have opinions.
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If you aren't taking regular breaks every couple of hours, your brain won't benefit from that extra cup of coffee.
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I don't think I'm ever going to retire from stand-up, but what I have retired from is working the road every week.
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All of the arts are kin - music and sculpture and dance, those are wordless art forms. But poetry is defined by language. Of course, each art is distinct, and has its own character - not just in terms of media, but in terms of what seems to lie at the heart of it.
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It is obvious that anything a scientist discovers or invents is based on previous discoveries and inventions. The same applies to the arts.
