Ira Levin Quotes
I finally did work out a very good relationship with my father, but it was rough growing up. We had a lot of conflict, and I think it surfaced in many of my works.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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I had read Plato and Kant, but I had forgotten it.
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Free people make the only milieu possible in society for the full gift of one's self to church, state, and family. Free people enjoy and sustain and feel with one another because they live for one another. The paths of life are intermingled lives.
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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You should never say 'D'Brickashaw' and 'bust' in the same sentence. You should never even think that. It should be D'Brickashaw, Pro Bowl, D'Brickashaw, Jets, Super Bowl.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
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A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.
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I would love to continue working on animated films. Yeah, those are my ambitions. No doubt.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.
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I was so ashamed of who I was.
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It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
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I can't figure out how you can draft players for a coach that you know coaches a certain a style, and was successful doing that style, and get him to play a style that you feel comfortable with.
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It's just like being a father; you got to show them love and you got to show them the path. I don't like this role-model stuff, though.
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My mother and father are still together after forty something years. I lived in one place till I was 6. I lived in another place from when I was 6 till I was 17.
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Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
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I started Verite on savings from three years working at Applebee's in Times Square. I was a ridiculously good waitress. I was making more money than my brother, who worked at a start-up.
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I finally did work out a very good relationship with my father, but it was rough growing up. We had a lot of conflict, and I think it surfaced in many of my works.
