Daniel Levitin Quotes
I think we will see personalized music stations in the next few years... controlled by computer algorithms... I think it will be important that... listeners have an 'adventuresomeness' knob that will control the mix of old and new, or the mix of how far out the new music is from what they usually listen to.
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing.
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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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I de-stress with my family, just at home pruning roses, cutting, working in the garden.
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It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.
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Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.
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The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who... burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.
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So many actors started on soap operas. So yeah, I'd graduated Julliard and done some theater. I've done a few guest spots on TV but nothing that long-term. I did a little 'E.R.' back when it was on, and a pilot for 'Cold Case.'
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The burden which is well borne becomes light.
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I like that the 'Underworld' series created a whole other world that's totally different yet familiar to our own.
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Whether people choose to have same sex relationships or relationships outside the marriage - whatever happens between two consenting adults should be purely their business, not the state's or the society's.
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It's very easy to get excited about a job, but it's a big commitment because you do it and then you have to live with it when it's finished. It's forever in your section in the video store. It's you. It's almost like deciding who you have a child with.
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The trees whisper messages among themselves, but they are not old enough yet to have anything more profound to say than human beings do, so it is not advisable to spend much time listening to them. The mountains by contrast are exceedingly old. But they don't talk very often.
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I would never get into the music industry per se, but listening to music really helps me to concentrate. It's just a nice way for me to vibe and chill. There's music for when you're sad or happy or in love; there's music for every moment in life.
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I'm like everyone else, on the stage it's good. Not too much fun in the hotel or the airplane or the bus, but you got to do it.
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As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies.
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I think we will see personalized music stations in the next few years... controlled by computer algorithms... I think it will be important that... listeners have an 'adventuresomeness' knob that will control the mix of old and new, or the mix of how far out the new music is from what they usually listen to.
