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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History is fickle. We know that. The good and bad come around and go around, and go around again. There are recessions and depressions and economic boom and bust.
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I'm a long-term optimist, and I don't think the problems with our society are from being overly optimistic.
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I put my heart and soul into anything I take up.
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Boston was incredible. I had some of the best experiences of my life there at Berklee because I met a bunch of other people who were at the exact same stage in life and interest as me. There were American and international students all wrapped up in the Berklee environment, where you basically did nothing but music 24/7.
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We take the sense of touch for granted. Think about it: Without it, you're missing one of the basic senses that enables you to interact with the world.
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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.
