Lukas Foss Quotes
Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.
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When I played sports, if you lose the game, and then you complain, that makes you a sore loser. That doesn't make you protester - that just makes you a whiner.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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Many of us didn't believe in the image of bin Laden as a wandering Old Man of the Mountains, living on plants and insects in an inhospitable cave somewhere on the porous Pakistan-Afghan border.
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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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I like to go to Africa purely with something to do. I'm not very comfortable getting into an armor-plated Land Rover and going to see things, with my hand gel, you know, it's not me at all. So I like to hang out and you know, really get to know people and try and do something that resonates with them.
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Chuck Cooper is a friend, and I adore him. He can do so many things.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.
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Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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A lot of new artists sign their deal and then go into a development stage for a year or two or sometimes never get out of it. For me, because I had been a working songwriter in town, I had a collection of songs that I was ready to make into an album. At the time, I didn't realize it was becoming an album, but it was.
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When you give as a family, not only are you sharing the happiness that giving brings you by watching it translate into positive change, but you are also transmitting your giving values to your children by engaging them in the giving process itself.
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I fell in love with the science at Merck.
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I consistently run into young adults who have quickly turned away from traditional jobs at great companies to try their hand at a start-up. I believe that some of this stems from the desire to strike it big like Mark Zuckerberg, but I also believe it is because starting a company has become far cooler than working in one.
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Libya is a great country, a respectful country, and the Libyan people are great people.
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Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.
