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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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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In talking about memory and our history, I think our humanity, especially in China, is cut. Cut, broken, separated. If we have a character from our history and memory, the character is broken, it’s shattered.
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Strengthening our identity is one way of reinforcing people's confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being.
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The teacher always used me as an example to the class of good English and good storytelling because we all had to write the same stories. But she used to make me go out front - which I hated - and read my story to the class and I would get huge applause. Not because of who I was but because they truly enjoyed the stories I wrote.
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I'm a perfectionist, so it's hard for me to just accept that that I can't keep working until it's perfected. But I'm learning, I'm growing as a human in that way.
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Sleep well in your room all three together... don't worry about me being alone.
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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.
