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The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue. ↗

— Edward V. Lucas

#distinguished #france #french #lack #never

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy. ↗

— Edward V. Lucas

#defense #elaborate #like

You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do. ↗

— Edward V. Lucas

#lose #loss #may #now #now and then

A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all. ↗

— F. L. Lucas

#down #even #himself #make #man

Poetry had far better imply things than preach them directly... in the open pulpit her voice grows hoarse and fails. ↗

— F. L. Lucas

#directly #fails #far #grows #had

The only hope I can see for the future depends on a wiser and braver use of the reason, not a panic flight from it. ↗

— F. L. Lucas

#depends #flight #future #hope #i

I have no doubt that there are great people about though... the thing of it is, nothing to this day moves me like classical music (Debussy, Vaughn Williams). ↗

— Gary Lucas

#classical #classical music #day #debussy #doubt

The ability and desire to transform the mundane materials at hand that we both bring into the collaboration well beyond the sum total of the parts - to birth a new baby neither of us could claim single parentage of. ↗

— Gary Lucas

#baby #beyond #birth #both #bring

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side. ↗

— George Lucas

#before #brink #come #doing #give

The secret to film is that it's an illusion. ↗

— George Lucas

#film #illusion #secret