Jane Levy Quotes
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I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.
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I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!
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What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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Revenge doesn't stop.
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok.
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People want to imagine I spend every night going to premieres and putting on frocks and getting into limos, and yet I do that maybe twice a year, if that.
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But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession.
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So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy.
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In general, I tend to laugh too much. I always try to tell myself not to, but I think that's just part of getting through the job. It's not rocket science. I want to have a good time!
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All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
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There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.
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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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Perhaps the hardest challenge has been to persuade the public, impatient for rapid growth, of the need to ensure stability first. Growth, it is argued, is always more important, regardless of the looming economic risks.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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When I was 16, I had a job on the cleaning crew at a local hospital. I wore a pink uniform and cleaned bathrooms and buffed the hallway linoleum. Oddly, I don't recall hating the job. I recall getting choked up at the end of the summer when I went to turn in my uniform and say goodbye to the ladies.
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After I've sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take anywhere from a few hours to a few months.
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We all grew up aware of Agatha Christie; there is no writer more prolific than her in England.
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My parents were funny. My brothers were funny. We just laughed and had a good time. Growing up, it breeds that. It breeds your funny. It breeds your creativity.
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I don't care what you have done before or what you are capable of: if you come up against a guy like me, you are in trouble.
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I didn't grow up watching movies and thinking, 'Oh, I wanna be in those!'
