Stephen Levine Quotes
It is trust in our vast 'don't know' that allows room for the truth, that allows the next intuition to float to the surface.
Quotes to Explore
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Maybe black and white is the best medium for landscapes, I don't know.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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There is a fascination with the idea that one has 'seen someone else do something' before one can achieve it. Maybe that's true in some cases, but clearly it is not a requirement. I knew what I wanted to do.
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I try to understand people who aren't as smart as me and not be hateful.
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The question, 'What is the purpose thereof?' cannot be asked about anything which is not the product of an agent; therefore we cannot ask what is the purpose of the existence of God.
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That ear - I mean, Jesus, he's got to will that to the Smithsonian.
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Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.
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I did not send classified material, and I did not receive any material that was marked or designated classified.
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I’m actually quite tired because Threepio is an exhausting character - he’s always very tense, he’s always slightly on the edge of panic. That’s why he’s funny, because he’s always in the wrong place. I record each piece three times in a row, so the director can choose without interrupting too much.
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They lived under a just and moderate government, and they admitted that one bond of their fidelity was that their rulers were the better men.
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The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.
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You got to realize there will be huge Elvis fans out there who'll be really critical, and I'm sure I'm my worst critic, but to get to do my own interpretation of Elvis and do it on a platform like this is really cool.
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My father died when I was really young, on Christmas Day.
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I was always deeply aware that I was living in history.
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Each country is different. Keep an open mind, and you will able to find where the niche entry level lies - the areas where there are gaps. You have to keep an ear to the ground, and you can find a business opportunity.
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Carlos Sosa, the saxophone player for Zac Brown Band, and I worked up two songs for 'When You're Feeling Sick.' They were a blast to work on. The songs are real upbeat and silly.
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Steve Aoki is somebody I really love, and he did a remix of 'Mi Gente,' too.
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In the poorest countries...it is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty...and preparing another generation for...leading their countries into real security.
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Poetry is the attempt which man makes to render his existence harmonious.
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I don't want to sound self-righteous, and I don't want to act like I have it all put together.
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I remember being told very early on, 'Just say what they want to hear in the audition, and we'll figure it out later on.' So there have been a few tricky moments. I once said I could ride, when the truth is I'm terrified of horses, but I got the job!
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So much of truth, only under an ancient obsolete vesture, but the spirit of it still true, do I find in the Paganism of old nations. Nature is still divine, the revelation of the workings of God; the Hero is still worshipable: this, under poor cramped incipient forms, is what all Pagan religions have struggled, as they could, to set forth.
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It is trust in our vast 'don't know' that allows room for the truth, that allows the next intuition to float to the surface.
