James Levine Quotes
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
Lasse Hallstrom -
I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
Mackenzie Astin -
People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
Idris Elba -
You don't have to do everything from scratch. Nobody wants to make puff pastry!
Ina Garten -
My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.
Tara Brach -
I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.
Sam Hunt
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Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.
Natalie Clifford Barney -
I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.
Natascha McElhone -
Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
Maajid Nawaz -
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it, you are lost.
Samuel Butler -
I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days.
Rachael Ray
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It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves.
Zelda Fitzgerald -
There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has come to Nashville' and I'm like 'Listen you guys, I was singing country before I even got a Broadway show. And I'm from Kentucky.'
Laura Bell Bundy -
It's true, too, that I'm tired of using books as political bullets and grenades. Books are too precious and wonderful to be used for long in such a fashion.
Yann Martel -
Mr. Obama is particularly well positioned to challenge Hollywood because of his special relationship with the media world's elites. They might be more likely to heed criticism coming from Mr. Obama than from any other president or member of Congress.
Brown Campbell -
I want anything I produce to be good for people kind enough to try it, but it's the momentum and process I enjoy most.
Zoe Foster Blake -
Life is tragic and absurd, and none of it has any purpose at all.
T. C. Boyle
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I think I managed to trick people a little bit into thinking I'm more arty by making creative, artistic, visual work and applying it to commercial music. Maybe. I don't know.
Sia LSD -
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.
Jean de La Fontaine -
Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.
Vicomte Delaunay -
Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice.
Henry Rollins Black Flag -
Everybody blames the culture without taking responsibility.
James Levine