Sam Levenson Quotes
It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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At 21 years old, I could produce 400 people like that.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
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Society becomes how we behave.
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To be honest, I didn't really understand how involved putting a fragrance together could be - or would be. Once I made the choice to actually do it, I just went for it. I just dove in and have really learned a lot about putting a scent together. It's kind of exciting.
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I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor.
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We have such little mystery in our lives generally because of how we live now. I mean, of course, mystery is all around us, but the way we live our lives now, we're too busy to be bothered with it.
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I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.
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I have never spoken to Eminem. I've never even spoken to him once.
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Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else.
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It's incredible what happens when you explain to kids what good food is - they get so excited! They go home and tell their parents... and they're excited to cook the recipes themselves in class.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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Not a lot of people have jobs that they're really comfortable with, but I'm one of those people.
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The world is slowly evolving into a place where the things that we have seen as being taboo are starting to open up a bit more.
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There is no way Israel will deal with the Palestinians if the Palestinians do not understand the suffering of the Jewish people.
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Experience in other countries shows how big money, rather than the best political candidate, can influence politics.
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I pray that you win, that you never ever pay for any of my sins
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I was excited by the idea of playing a Nazi.
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You may live a long while with some people and be on friendly terms with them and never speak openly with them from your soul.
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The first trip I remember taking was on the train from Virginia up to New York City, watching the summertime countryside rolling past the window. They used white linen tablecloths in the dining car in those days, and real silver. I love trains to this day. Maybe that was the beginning of my fixation with leisurely modes of travel.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
