Adrian Levy Quotes
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When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
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I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.
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Commit yourself to a mighty purpose.
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I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.
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Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.
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I just think that is so important to keep a strong support system, to keep yourself encouraged.
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I never wanted to be that person who leaves 'SNL' and nothing happens.
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When you discover first love as a teenager, your whole life revolves around it and you open yourself up to it.
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I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form.
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The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He's the only person I've ever asked for an autograph.
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The same evidence that is convincing to one person may not convince another.
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You just need to put yourself in someone else's shoes and then see how they feel and then you will understand why they are reacting or why they are behaving the way that they are behaving. We need to be fair.
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On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.
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I'm not an angry kind of person. What I am is a principled person.
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For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.
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My co-stars call me selfish. They say, 'You are only interested in yourself and what you are only interested is yourself and what you are doing in front of the camera.' I reply, 'I can't help it; it's what got me where I am.'
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My mother had a lot of phobias. She's pregnant with me and she was a very phobic person. So I was born into phobia, basically.
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The most important guideline when it comes to argument is the golden rule. If someone were addressing your point, what tone, what overall approach would you find persuasive and want her to use? Whatever that is, do it yourself.
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When you have talked yourself into what you want, right there is the place to stop talking and begin saying it with deeds.
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If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.
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Not raising the debt ceiling does not trigger a default, because we've got enough money to service our debts. Default is when you can't service your debt.
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How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
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The only person you can reliably kill with a high-power 9mm is yourself.
