Jonathan Levine Quotes
I always look at myself as kind of a work in progress. I hope that's not always the case. But for me, every film is a learning experience.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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There's more things that I'd like to do. You know, each song is a little bit of a puzzle. I see most of them as just failed attempts.
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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
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One thing I have seen over and over again in life is that there is virtually no correlation between intelligence and common sense. IQ doesn't seem to translate that way.
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Science is about unravelling nature.
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Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.
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Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn.
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The whole idea that the Constitution of the United States would be used to advance a political agenda is absurd.
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Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say 'if you eat this you will be healthy when you're older' because they don't understand. You have to find a different way to motivate them.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.
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A single thought can revolutionize your life as it did mine. A single thought can make you rich or it can land you in prison for the rest of your life.
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As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at the base not only of Western religion, but also of Western morals and Western social idealism.
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A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.
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Everyone wants to be financially secure, the problem is most people focus on "getting by" when they need to be focused on "getting rich."
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I always look at myself as kind of a work in progress. I hope that's not always the case. But for me, every film is a learning experience.
