Sam Levenson Quotes
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around.
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
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I'm so happy to be in a committed relationship.
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Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.
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Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form.
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I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
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The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
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Guys try to take you out of the game if they know they can. So especially if you've got a playmaker, guys on the defense would do that.
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We do not believe in immortality because we can prove it, but we try to prove it because we cannot help believing it.
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I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.
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Outside of 'Justified,' I do like to keep it to comedy. When I'm not there, I try to seek out stuff that sort of more along the lighter fare. I have more fun on those sets than I do on drama sets just because when it's heavy, it's heavy, and it's hard to get away from it.
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The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.
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For the 'Riddick' character, I try to get as ruthless as possible, and I want to be a machine.
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Producing good stuff can be quite tough, and it involves a lot of frustration, but I always like things to be jolly and happy, and I forget thats actually not the point at the end of the day.
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'But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavour toward better understanding.'
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My parents have been together for 65 years. They're both really stubborn. They're not quitters.
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The first big long-form work I did in comics was 'Scalped' for Vertigo, which ran for 60 issues.
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Before games, people ask whether I get nervous. To be honest, I don't get nervous, I just enjoy it. I am living the dream. When I was a kid I always wanted to play for my country and now I am here, I will enjoy it.
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Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.
