Oscar Levant Quotes
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I probably remember the 1954 Masters more vividly than any of the others.
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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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The wiser you get, the more experience you have, and the more you see people for who they are as human beings, as opposed to figures you have to fight against.
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It sounds super cliche, but my sister is 12 years younger than me, and I remember when I was there holding her in my arms for the first time. And that kind of responsibility you feel when you hold a child in your arms.
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I remember in the '80s, Randy Travis was my guy. He's the reason I moved to Nashville, and I just loved him. But at some point when he was winning everything, you find yourself pulling for other people.
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The richer you are and the more financial advisers you employ, the less likelihood there is that you can ever discover what you are really worth.
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I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
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To me, there is nothing more soothing than the song of a mosquito that can't get through the mesh to bite you.
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I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
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I think the Mama people remember is from 'Mama's Family.' She really turned into a pretty cool character. The sketches from the 'Burnett' show, if people are old enough to remember, were written by writers who all hated their mothers.
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I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.
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Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
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For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum.
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I remember when you used to have your profession on your passport and I always thought that being a painter was the best one to be, because my heroes were Goya and Francis Bacon.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
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If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.
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You can't help but feel all the human-rights issues.
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We in the United States should be all the more thankful for the freedom and religious tolerance we enjoy. And we should always remember the lessons learned from the Holocaust, in hopes we stay vigilant against such inhumanity now and in the future.
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When I come home, I am literally the most popular person with my friends' parents for doing 'The Archers.'
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We shall therefore assume the complete physical equivalence of a gravitational field and a corresponding acceleration of the reference system.
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When I came up in hip hop, there was no such thing as a Puerto Rican rapper doing hip hop for many mainstream people, so I was the ship, the captain, and the crew.
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Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
