Daniel Levitin Quotes
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Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities.
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I want to ski down Mount Cho Oyu in the Himalayas when I am 85, descending from a height of 8,201 meters.
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I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.
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Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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My parents live out in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of this peach orchard. It's actually Peach County, one of the largest peach-growing counties in Georgia. It's very rural, and there is nothing much going on, so I guess that's had a big influence on everything as far as just not having much to do.
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I spent my entire childhood with my father. I started my first business at 16, and we became business partners. He's not just a mentor and somebody that I look up to, but he's also someone whom I took work ethic and determination and all of those qualities from.
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What makes Mom the best is that she never put any expectations too high on the kids. She just wanted us to be doing the things that made us happy, as long as we were working hard, but we never had to live up to something.
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I'm a soccer mom. I'm T-ball, soccer, karate, homework, keeping them on their schedules. I love being the snack mom, when I get to bring the cut oranges. I have one of those coolers with wheels. I'm at every game, every practice, sitting on my blanket. I love it.
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Over the years, I have realized that there's more to a film's fate than just good acting and a solid script. It needs to be marketed well. It's the package that sells - the songs, action, actors, etc.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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Anyone who's seen me before knows that when it's fight time, I don't have much to say.
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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I am an artist who works with Lego.
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In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.
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Sure, you could go out and make Jaws today. But all of the sequels to Jaws weren't good. They are all worthless. The Godfather II is the only sequel that I have ever seen that is as good as or better than the original.
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I will term-limit myself probably before I would have enough seniority to get a committee chairmanship.
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The people that are doing work that matters aren't doing work thats popular. They're just doing work that changes some people.
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I suppose it's true that most great television, literature, and other forms of high art (and basic cable) benefit from a little hindsight. 'M.A.S.H.' comes to mind. So does 'The Iliad.'
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The point of art is to emphasize some elements at the expense of others.
