Daniel Levitin Quotes
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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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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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago and what a good culture we've got. You can have a pretty wonderful artistic life and never leave Chicago.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.
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Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.
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Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.
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Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.
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In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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I'd go on the train to castings, changing from my school uniform on the train. I carried on like that for a few years, getting jobs in bits and pieces.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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It is our duty, to ourselves and to our children, to see the new world as it is now.
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My evolution came not as a plan but as opportunities came. People offer them when they see you're doing something well. It's up to you to recognize them, take them, and then dedicate yourself to them.
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If you are good at studies, and you want to play cricket, you may work harder than any other person, but you may not achieve it. So it's something you have to balance in life and be practical where you are good and then channelise your efforts in the right direction to be successful in life.
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A guy's biggest style mistake is definitely trying to look too cool. As long as you've got a good pair of jeans, a good pair of boots and a few good shirts, you're fine.
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I don't think we should label budgets even before the budget is presented.
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I long to journey endlessly, always in search of something new. Always alert.
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An organized mind leads effortlessly to good decision-making.
