Sam Levenson Quotes
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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I'm not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I'm very close to.
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Developing new products is labour- intensive. So is producing the capital goods needed to make them. These jobs disappear when innovation stalls.
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I feel that everyone has a right to be insane.
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India is an important market for Ericsson, not only as a telecom market but also as a global hub for R&D.
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When movies first came out, maybe they were in black and white and there wasn't any sound and people were saying the theater is still the place to be. But now movies and theater have found their own place in the world. They are each legitimate art forms.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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Dementia is, after all, a symptom of organic brain damage. It is a condition, a disorder of the central nervous system, brought about in my case by a viral assault on brain tissue. When the assault wiped out certain intellectual processes, it also affected emotional processes.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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The European Union will never see America, or an American president, as a risk.
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They probably do have an Asian Barbie.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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I don't want to be Marilyn Monroe. In many ways, that's a good comparison. Because Marilyn Monroe was a sexpot, all that stuff that I have no interest in. For me, it's much easier to just try to make people laugh than to try to be the hottest thing in the world.
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If you ever get to a point where you stop learning, you will find your professional options and your personal satisfaction severely curtailed.
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When a highly successful leader retires after a long career, it is very unlikely that his successor will be of comparable caliber. Anyone of similar ability and drive would have gone somewhere else, instead of waiting in the wings for years for a chance to show his own leadership.
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Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
