Dan Levitan Quotes
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I made a lot of money, and I want to give something back to my country.
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If we don't end war, war will end us.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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When I started making movies, I was pretty young, and at the time I felt like there needed to be more confrontation in cinema - or I needed to make something more disruptive - so in the beginning, those movies were me wanting to play with the rules.
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Accept loss forever.
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I'm extremely determined and ambitious.
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One of the great responsibilities we have as a society is to educate ourselves, along with the next generation, about which substances are worth ingesting, and for what purpose, and which are not.
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I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
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I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he or she follows his or her own culture.
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Is literature more important than hurting people? You can't argue that. You can't say it. It's impossible.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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I'm very independent.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
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I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.
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Viola Davis is a perfect example of somebody who's so much better than the parts she has the opportunity to play.
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You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.
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When you're a kid you're already trying to create your own world and organize the one in front of you, but then you get all insecure around 6th grade and don't think you have a right to share that.
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I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
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Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not, and have never held myself out as being, like a CIA trained chef.
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We still live in a time where people feel threatened, and the Democrats have been at a disadvantage on this issue, and for them to make progress they have to address it.
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We aren't going to let our first investment be the best.
