Alexandra Levit Quotes
The reality is that being controversial generates attention for a little while, but it’s usually not good for your career in the long term.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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I love to cook a meal for the so-called holidays. You always need the turkey. I like making a good BBQ brisket as well.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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I'm a food addict, that's my downfall.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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It's amazing that this is still news to people, but that affects the final outcome of the film. When people are treated well, and they're made to feel valued, they give 110 percent.
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When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output.
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For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie.
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Country fans and country listeners deserve to have something better... a song that really has something to say, something that makes you feel something.
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I lived in New York City for a while and miss it like it's a person. Although I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, I'm a New Yorker at heart. A stroll through Central Park, a visit to the MET, a show on Broadway. There is no other city like it in the world!
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My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.
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I come from a middle class family, and my parents weren't too supportive of my career choices.
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I always wear beige, black or white. For one thing I look good in them. For another, when I'm beside a star at a fitting, and she looks into the mirror, I don't want to be competing in any way.
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After marriage, the other man's wife looks more beautiful.
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There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads. My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home. I'm not allowed to get a big head; I've still got to do the simple things in life.
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Getting to make the music, and having a good time doing it, is the most important thing to us.
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The books were a private part of me that I carried inside and guarded and didn't talk to anybody about; as long as I had the books I could convince myself I was different from the others and my life wasn't quite as stupid and pointless.
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The necessity for leaders to possess optimism and ego serves to answer the age-old question: Are leaders born or are they made? They are born. A leader is born with an optimistic disposition or she is not. If she is not, then no amount of 'optimism training' is going to make her view the world in an overwhelmingly positive, opportunistic light.
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The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster.
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The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. It's cool how music grows, but the foundation is always there. It's not going anywhere. The blues is always going to be relevant.
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Silence is ever speaking; it is the perennial flow of language.
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The reality is that being controversial generates attention for a little while, but it’s usually not good for your career in the long term.
