James Levine Quotes

It wasn't that I ever knew I'd be at the Met for 20 years, or 30 years, or 40 years, or anything like that.

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• I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.

  

  Harry Browne
  • World
  • Remember
  • War

• My mom took me to a Dolly Parton concert when I was 3.

  

  Kat Dennings
  • Me
  • Mom
  • Concert

• I will venture to maintain that where the teacher is not pleasing to the pupil, there is no education.

  

  Xenophon
  • Education
  • Teacher
  • Will

• Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?

  

  Fanny Crosby
  • Dark
  • Deep
  • Ocean

• The reality is our story and the way we love and our taste in clothing and everything else. And what we ambitiously feel we can be.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Love
  • Reality
  • Feel

• There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
  • Die
  • Doubt
  • Prison

• For a decade, feminists have drilled their disciples to say, 'Rape is a crime of violence but not of sex.' This sugar-coated Shirley Temple nonsense has exposed young women to disaster. Misled by feminism, they do not expect rape from the nice boys from good homes who sit next to them in class.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Good
  • Women
  • Nice

• The object of art - like every other product - creates a public which is sensitive to art and enjoys beauty.

  

  Karl Marx
  • Art

• He would not journey without a foot. He would not breed nuts without trees, Like seeking for ants in the heath. Like an instrument of foolish spoil, Like the retinue of an army without a head, Like feeding the unsheltered on lichen.

  

  Taliesin
  • Journey
  • Army

• Fear is the brother of hate.

  

  Larry Niven
  • Fear
  • Hate
  • Brother

• The last 60 years have seen collapse of many democracies. For a poor country, it is more difficult to sustain a democracy. From poverty, we have come to being a developing nation. Not only did we survive, we have the distinction of becoming world’s largest democracy.

  

  Arun Jaitley
  • World
  • Country
  • Democracy

• If you look - look at - I mean, look at what's going on with your gasoline prices. They're going to go to $5, $6, $7 and we don't have anybody in Washington that calls OPEC and says, 'Fellas, it's time. It's over. You're not going to do it anymore.'

  

  Donald Trump
  • Time

• I think being on 'Glee' is such a great experience, but I think the best part was when I did 'All By Myself', because I love that song.

  

  Charice Pempengco
  • Great
  • Experience
  • Song

• When dealing with a subject who is dead, you have this feeling of being God. You know who they're going to marry, when they're going to die. It's strange to feel so omniscient.

  

  Claire Tomalin
  • God
  • Feeling
  • Die

• I can't really say how big the cult is. But I'm proud of it. I'm proud that it has a life.

  

  Bob Odenkirk
  • Life
  • Proud

• Sometimes I say to myself, what are you doing in this absurd job? Why don't you go to Africa and help people? But I cannot help people, because I am a hypochondriac.

  

  Javier Bardem
  • People
  • Why
  • Job

• I don't feel like myself without the red lip. I feel like I'm taking a risk or something without it.

  

  Rita Ora
  • Risk
  • Red

• When the mood takes me, I like to be a man of action. I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the better!

  

  Andrea Bocelli
  • Action
  • Mood

• For every single show you do, make sure you go out and literally try to beat what you did the day before. It's something that you can incorporate into everything you do. If you're constantly trying to beat your best, over time it will help you grow.

  

  Chris Young
  • Time
  • Trying
  • Help

• The barefoot component of my training is about strengthening the toes.

  

  Troy Polamalu
  • Training
  • Toes
  • Strengthening

• For sure, 2010 was the best year I've ever had. It couldn't have gone any better for me. Even if I just won the Olympic gold medal, that would have made it the best year of my career and the best day of my life, period. Winning the World Cup races and the overall title just topped it off.

  

  Lindsey Vonn
  • Life
  • World
  • Career

• My only challenge is to entertain. And I accomplish my task better when I myself am entertained by what I am doing. I am very critical of myself, I constantly set the bar higher and higher. I try to surpass myself. That`s all. But I also know how to preserve myself, to not let myself get bedazzled by the smoke and mirrors.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • Challenge

• It wasn't that I ever knew I'd be at the Met for 20 years, or 30 years, or 40 years, or anything like that.

  

  James Levine