Daniel Levitin Quotes
There are a lot of books about how to get organized and a lot of books about how to be better and more productive at business, but I don't know of one that grounds any of these in the science.
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I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I also happen to be intelligent, and I question everything.
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Historical science is being left in the dust.
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I've finished 12th standard from Poddar International and enrolled for B.A. in political science in Cambridge University, London. It's a correspondence course, and I'll go to London for my exams once a year. That way, I can devote more time to films.
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Getting into the residential investment business entails lots of renovation work.
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I try not to get involved in the business of prediction. It's a quick way to look like an idiot.
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I'm a lobbyist and had a career lobbying. The guy who gets elected or the lady who gets elected president of the United States will immediately be lobbying. They would be advocating to the Congress, they'll be lobbying our allies and our adversaries overseas. They'll be asking the business community and labor unions.
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I'm a professional songwriter - personal attitudes have nothing to do with writing a song.
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I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there's an hour's worth of business or not.
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I have a birthmark on the inside of my left knee that resembles an upside-down sea horse.
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Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.
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As governor, I enjoy the opportunity to talk about Utah's measurable business success.
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My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.
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In every other science fiction series, humans are at the top of the food chain. In the 'Babylon 5' universe, they're in the bottom third.
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Don't you see what's at stake here? The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet.
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Touring is really a pretty lonely business.
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You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
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I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.
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I'm a school dropout. So, at the age of 16, I moved to Mumbai to try my luck on some business.
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When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.
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This is an amazing business, creative and mechanical at the same time.
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After years of doing it, you learn the difference between your ego and your opinion. When you're married you have to cut through that.
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One regret I have is that I did not learn more about what was happening very early, so that I could have tried to stop people from engaging in illegal activities.
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There's a level of ease that comes with working in Australia that can be missed working in other places.
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There are a lot of books about how to get organized and a lot of books about how to be better and more productive at business, but I don't know of one that grounds any of these in the science.
