James Levine Quotes
They've really got to recognize that all of us bring some of our family issues to work and our work home.
Quotes to Explore
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
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Foreign aid is not something the vast majority of Americans support, but definitely not conservatives.
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First and foremost, you have to remember that restaurants are businesses and they have to stay in business. And though everyone thinks they want grass fed beef, most people actually prefer the taste of corn fed - it is less dry, more marbled, and less gamey, not to mention much less expensive than grass fed.
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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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Antonio Berardi is one of my good friends.
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At school, I was a tomboy, and it would be me and all my guy friends.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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I caught up on a lot of just domestic normal everyday stuff, and grew up a lot, and went to therapy, and did a lot of contemplating and figuring things out. I needed to just strip everything away and figure out who I am and get to know myself, as cheesy as that sounds.
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I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion.
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I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I think my imagination about jobs was pretty limited. There were so few jobs that I actually saw people who looked like me in, that I imagined myself in, that I think I just stopped imagining.
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I've never gotten up in front of a Muslim congregation and played the role of a religious leader, and I decline those invitations because that's not what I am.
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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
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I grew up in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. At the time I was growing up with my father - before it was gentrified - it was a very rough neighborhood. He felt that if I got into or started embracing the rap culture, I would be one step closer to being on the streets.
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Cooking is in an honest profession where you cannot hide and let others do the work for you. You have to show up, work hard and prove you can do it faster and better. And find a mentor who will recognize your talent and push you in the right direction.
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They've really got to recognize that all of us bring some of our family issues to work and our work home.
