James Levine Quotes
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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
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I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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Thinking differently is my strength.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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When you have that long, flowing hair, you feel different - when you cut it, the framing of your face changes immediately.
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I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters.
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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.
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I tell you, in this country, you don't get much of an education. Throughout high school, through junior college, which is all I went, I didn't know anything about the annihilation of all the Indian nations that were here.
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I don't know if I've owned a piece of technology that I hated - I don't think I would have owned it then.
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When we were making vinyl records we had a lot of time limitations for each record so songs were left off for a number of reasons. Now, with CDs, much more music can be included.
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Given a choice between being trapped on a desert island with a group of writers or a family of howler monkeys, I think I'd pick the monkeys. At least I could eat them.
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I'm not good at dressing up fancy; I always just do my thing, which is whatever I'm in the mood for.
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The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.
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Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table.
