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Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. ↗

— John Lubbock

#like #practiced #thing #violin

A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him. ↗

— Arthur Symons

#before #faithfulness #him #mere #realist

And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them. ↗

— F. L. Lucas

#clarity #how #impress #mainly #people

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

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 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

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't. ↗

— George Lucas

#achievement #always #because #exactly #goals

I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in. ↗

— George Lucas

#business #crazy #days #everybody #film

People instantly assume you can't have a platonic friendship with someone of the opposite sex. I think this may be specific to L.A. - or America. ↗

— Isabel Lucas

#assume #friendship #i #i think #instantly

I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better. ↗

— Josh Lucas

#business #creativity #how #i #i love