Philip Levine Quotes
I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity.
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
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Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.
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I don't think the lifestyle that I have, the things going on in my life right now, you could put that on any 23-year-old kid. But, you know, I was raised right, and I'm prepared for whatever.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated.
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You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like it, then it is what it is.'
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My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.
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People want to be artists but don't want to do the ground work.
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Chemistry is a hard thing. I don't think you can force it, and it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to have great chemistry outside of work. It's just something that sparks on screen or doesn't.
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I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.
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Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things.
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I write my miserable songs. I write songs about disgust and self-pity. We’re all going to have bummer moments. That’s not the stuff I choose to share.
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I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity.
