James Levine Quotes
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I don't know how I did it, but I worked 7 days a week.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'
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I love the quality of TIDAL. I appreciate what they're trying to do and what they're trying to accomplish.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.
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I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in my private world. And it's a great sensation.
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PCR made it easier to see that certain people are infected with HIV.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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Eddie Haas talked a lot about not hitting the ball in the air.
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
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That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way.
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While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive.
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I'm a military guy. I'm not a political character.
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You could pack for a trip to Europe with the bags under my eyes!
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Movies, particularly the big hit movies, are all just special effects. But on television, the writers are in control of the shows, and they control the scripts.
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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
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Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback in their early years.
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I was brought up in a Christian home in Australia with a father who was very bold about his faith.
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People should pay more attention. Everyone wants attention, but no one wants to give attention.
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Again, I'm used to speaking to a lot of people; I have a lot of friends and family, and I perform music and speak in front of a lot of crowds. So I share with people already a lot in my life.
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For a professional writer in the Soviet Union, it works this way. First, you have to have something to say - that's the main thing. Second, it's a matter of who publishes you. If your book has real stuff in it, readers will ferret it out, even in a Siberian journal.
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Where my tastes in music are concerned, I'm a real maximalist.
