Jonathan Levine Quotes
My first real television-watching experience was when I watched 'L.A. Law,' like, at 10 o'clock Thursday nights with my parents. They would let me stay up late.
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All the marketing and advertising sells the book as what it is and hopes that the book will be displayed so that your readers can find it.
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You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.
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The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
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The 100m is never stressful.
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If I manage to leave my bedroom and get to the gym, that makes me feel good about myself! For me, the most difficult part is getting out of bed, but once I'm out, I really enjoy playing sports.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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With a genre like film noir, everyone has these assumptions and expectations. And once all of those things are in place, that's when you can really start to twist it about and mess around with it.
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I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is.
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We are one of the richest countries in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live in poverty.
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I've always been fascinated with the history of the Plains Indians and the history of the American Indian Movement in the '70s.
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People will burn through a show in two or three days, and then you're left feeling empty for 51 weeks.
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Even though I felt, at times, 'My goodness, you're among the upper echelon,' there is still a huge void there. A huge void. It is about self-esteem. That's a thing that has always been a real complex part of my life.
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My first real television-watching experience was when I watched 'L.A. Law,' like, at 10 o'clock Thursday nights with my parents. They would let me stay up late.
