Jimmy Iovine Quotes
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don't agree with, or maybe I just haven't thought of it or whatever, I'd be more prone to go with them than my own because I want to be out of control as an actor, I want them to have the control, otherwise it's going to become predictably my work, and that's not fun.
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In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
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I've met every freak in the business.
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I loved Judy Garland. I thought she was such a classic beauty. I thought she was so endearing and charming, and I loved her voice. She was such a dreamer, and I think I was, too - and I am.
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Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
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You need to get down among the people who are the dirtiest and dustiest, and the depravity, and you need to see Christ's light shining there.
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I was so horrifically bad at tennis.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
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I babysat kids in a ShopRite, which is a grocery store. They had a babysitting center so that parents could bring their children while they shopped. It was awful. I also was not very good at keeping the kids calm.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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Northwest Ohio is flat. There isn't much up. The land is so flat that a child from Toledo is under the impression that the direction hills go is down. Sledding is done down from street level into creek beds and road cuts.
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Entrepreneurs and rowers show characteristics of curiosity and wanting to learn.
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When I read a script, if I feel it's written with the idea of just bashing other people, then I shy away from it. Sometimes it's some guy coming out with his own hatred, and I don't need to be a part of it.
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Chelsea are a big club - we have to win titles and to qualify for the Champions League. There's a lot to do, but we'll try to do it all.
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As a writer given to the old formalities of rhyme and meter, I sometimes feel endangered these days.
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Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done.
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I never take any notice to what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.
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Wigs are my best friends. They let you be whoever you want to be.
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The susceptibility of the average modern to pictorial suggestion enables advertising to exploit his lessened power of judgment.
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I feel like trying to write a song in order to be a big hit is just not something I'm interested in because it's not going to come from an authentic place of expression.
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All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.
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The whole thing about playlists is what song comes next.
