Oscar Levant Quotes
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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There was a time when no difficult subjects were ever aired in the 'Lady', and sadly, life isn't like that.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.
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We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist.
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Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.
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The Administration should never have walked away from the Kyoto Treaty. Global warming is real and it is here today. The facts aren't the issue. The policy is the issue. I think the Administration's policy on global warming is dead wrong.
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It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.
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If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. There are certain movies like that, where you see the original and think, 'This isn't so great.' And the reason it isn't so great is because everyone has copied it.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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I want to know who my client is. I see her on Instagram, but it's another thing to get to chat with her.
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Sometimes I get emotional when I'm doing 'Lonesome Valley' or 'Wildwood Rose.'
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Once computers can program, they basically take over technological progress because already, today, the majority of technological progress is run by software, by programming.
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As his talent expands, some of his stories become pointed social commentary; some are surprisingly effective religious tracts, disguised as science fiction. Others still are nostalgic vignettes, but under it all is still Bradbury, the poet of 20th-century neurosis.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!
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Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam... second, the culture of Islam.
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
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Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping.
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Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?
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I was playing this role on 'Ugly Betty,' the sweetest, nicest guy. He was a fun character to play, but I was in a Latin soap opera - where are you gonna go with a nice guy in a Latin soap opera?
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Honestly, I can't survive without my MAC gloss, pigment - sometimes MAC powder. But definitely my gloss and pigment and liner. I don't do mascara all the time. I do when I wear no lashes. I use the mascara, but when I wear lashes, I don't always do mascara, because it makes it real heavy sometimes.
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Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.
