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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Many people who no longer go to church end up falling prey to superstition.
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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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Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career.
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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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If the fidelity [ in a book] isn't maintained, the reader will think your structure is extraneous, or superficial, or that you're trying to curry favor, or live up to the expectations of some sort of genre or structure.
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The United States and Saudi Arabia have an extraordinary relationship and friendship that dates back to Franklin Roosevelt and King Faisal.
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I'm the type of person who can get a feel for what you need and what I need to do to push you to get you to a breaking point, where you realize that you can't go on this way anymore, that the reason you're heavy is because you're ignoring all the stuff that's going on inside.
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'Steve Jobs' is my seventh movie. I believe, if you added them up, I don't think there is more than a total of 10 minutes that takes place in a person's home. They're all in offices, courtrooms, laboratories, things like that.
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When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.
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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.
