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I obtained a Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Fellowship and entered the graduate program in History at the University of California. With no Greek or French and minimal Latin and German, I was in no position to pursue my classical interests, so I began work at Berkeley with little more than an open mind.


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BOB LUCAS It's been great. The coaches are great, the people in town are very nice,
BOB LUCAS The one thing I can say about Tech kids is they always give 100 percent to the very end.
BOB LUCAS I'll miss the kids,
BOB LUCAS While I shared many of the same emotions Bill describes, in no way did my experience ever degenerate...
GARY LUCAS The secret to film is that it's an illusion.
GEORGE LUCAS There should be a point to movies. Sure, you're giving people a diversion from the cold world fo...
GEORGE LUCAS 'Legend of the Drunken Master' was my favorite.
LUCAS TILL I take office during the most difficult moment in the country's recent history. The country can ...
LUCAS PAPADEMOS A very difficult year is ahead of us. We must continue our efforts with decisiveness, to stay in the...
LUCAS PAPADEMOS This is very bad decision making at the expense of human health and the environment.
CAROLINE LUCAS What we have seen in the last six months points to the desperate need for a Green alternative to be ...
CAROLINE LUCAS No one
CAROLINE LUCAS We have been pigeonholed as a single-issue party but we have policies across the board and in our la...
CAROLINE LUCAS There is a frustration about how all the Green voices at the general election can be reflected at We...
CAROLINE LUCAS There is a reduction in the diversity of breeds in order to have the fastest growth, and animals are...
CAROLINE LUCAS If they are not going to make the case for fairer taxation, what hope can we have for progressive op...
CAROLINE LUCAS We're seeing greenhouse gas emissions rise under this government. We're seeing this government now n...
CAROLINE LUCAS If you want action on climate change and not spin and rhetoric only the Greens can deliver.
CAROLINE LUCAS There's no point in dwelling on rejection.
ISABEL LUCAS If some guy said this to me, I wouldn't listen either, but one-rep max-outs are the dumbest thin...
LUCAS TILL Either do, or do not, there is no try
GEORGE LUCAS Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.
GEORGE LUCAS So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
GEORGE LUCAS Look at this. It's worthless - ten dollars from a vendor in the street. But I take it, I bury it in ...
GEORGE LUCAS Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philo...
GEORGE LUCAS I always kind of chuckle when I hear people start talking like he's done,
DAVID LUCAS It was feast or famine. I just hit a lot of greens, made a few putts and then made a bunker shot on ...
LUCAS GLOVER But I'm still interested in grownups struggling to make their lives better. I'm certainly not intere...
CRAIG LUCAS You look at his game from when he was a rookie to now and there's no comparison. He can flat-out sco...
JOHN LUCAS I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made ...
GEORGE LUCAS Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.
GEORGE LUCAS I don't know what's in store for me, but I know that I want to create work, and I want to cr...
LUCAS HEDGES I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.
GEORGE LUCAS 'Paranoia' was pretty awesome because it was the cast of 'Air Force One,' Gary Oldma...
LUCAS TILL I'm a huge video gamer, sometimes a little too much. I'll shut myself in my room just so I c...
LUCAS TILL As a Western, 'The Magnificent Seven' was a pretty good film. I don't think it was as in...
GEORGE LUCAS I've never been one to throw clubs, break clubs, or use bad language on the golf course. I'v...
LUCAS BLACK I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about ...
GEORGE LUCAS They got the guys that they wanted to sign, and they also got two good corners in (Kelly) Herndon an...
KEN LUCAS It was a good three quarters of an hour after before I could see it.
ANTHONY LUCAS