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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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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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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I had seen the ballet of 'Swan Lake' as a child but it was as an adult, when I saw a production featuring Erik Bruhn, that I first noticed how significant a part the ever-present threat of violence played. This juxtaposition of great beauty and grace with a backdrop of pure evil stayed with me for years.
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In the end, I play a lot of friends and I really think it's about time that some ethnic girls get out there in the lead part. So we're developing something.
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Basically, I'm living the life of an actress in L.A. And I've recently had some pretty good fortune.
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A bachelor is a man who never makes the same mistake once.
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Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.
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People used to make records, as in the record of an event, the event of people playing music in a room, and now everything's cross-marketing, its about sunglasses and shoes, or guns and drugs that you choose.'
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Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city.
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Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.
