James Levine Quotes
When they are performing in front of the public, they ought to have a sensation that's relatively easy, if the technical and the interpretive work was done before.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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The first president I met was L. B. J.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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I'm definitely a vintage collector. I have a wardrobe of core basics that I like to spice up with different colors, new accessories, and I love to try on new things to invite something different. I find, with every new stage of my life, my self-image shifts with new duties and responsibilities, and so does my fashion style.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.
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I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.
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I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie,' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'
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When you cross over on fandoms, people don't know what to do with themselves.
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Maui reminded me of San Diego: beautiful, but crowded.
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I really don't have an ear for pitch. I can't sing at all, I can't hum melodies and I can't write riffs.
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Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
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The experience and behavior that gets labeled schizophrenic is a special strategy that a person invents in order to live in an unlivable situation.
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We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things but also self-absorbed and harmful things. This is the world we live in.
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I don't think my daughter wants to see me on the toilet. Lila has seen me nude.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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In school, I had a tough time fitting in, and dancing was my way of being in my own element. As a teenager, I became a bit disillusioned with it. Even with competitions, I'd win, but still there would be tears.
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I had a terrible bout of acne after I turned 30.
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I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.
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I think we could stack up. I don't know how it would be to have the whole world looking over your shoulder.
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There are so many women out there who are single moms, really not by choice, and doing it and making it work every day. I think it's becoming much more a part of our culture and I hope that it will become more accepted and that those women are going to be more and more appreciated, respected and supported.
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To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me.
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When they are performing in front of the public, they ought to have a sensation that's relatively easy, if the technical and the interpretive work was done before.
