James Levine Quotes
It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is - like Verdi said - working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra's collective qualities emerge.
Quotes to Explore
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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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When I look back over my career, there was so much stress. And it was because of the business. It was always because of the business.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that - that - when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it.
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I was at 260 at Tennessee because I was playing three-technique.
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If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they're talking.
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Dance is something which I like to do, but acting is my passion. I would like to do good and meaty roles.
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I've always been attracted to action stuff.
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There are a lot of studies about small businesses and how they make a difference in their community and create a lot of jobs and values. So we need to focus on small businesses or entrepreneurs who want to start manufacturing or making things.
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I don't want to sound like a grumpy old man, but nothing winds me up more than people saying, 'Chill out' to me when I'm irritated!
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They who are sad find somehow sweetness in tears.
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As long as they're willing to pay to prove it, I'm willing to let them.
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I don't think it should be allowed for people to start working at a young age and not take the time to just be living as themselves in the real world, especially now in this new age of new media and the obsession with celebrity. I think it's a real crime.
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Mixtapes have always been a guerrilla-style means of moving music.
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It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is - like Verdi said - working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra's collective qualities emerge.
