David Levien Quotes
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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You can say we're trying too hard or that we didn't try hard enough, but we're not trying at all; we're just doing what we do.
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The only band I was really over-into was Cream. And the only thing I really liked about them was their live stuff 'cause they played two verses, then go off and jam for 20 minutes, come back and do a chorus and end. And I love the live jam stuff, the improvisation.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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In my opinion, right up there with free public schools, our free public library system is what makes citizenship possible, even what makes America great.
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In the end, our minds and their ability to create new ideas are the ultimate source of all human wealth. That's a resource nearly without limit.
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Important things are inevitably cliché.
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I consider not what Parmenion should receive, but what Alexander should give.
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When I am furious about something, I sometimes beat the ground or a tree with my walking stick. But I certainly do not believe that the ground is to blame or that my beating can help anything... And all rites are of this kind.
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In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.
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As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters.
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In the early days of the New England colonies, no more embarrassing or hampering condition, no greater temporal ill, could befall any adult Puritan than to be unmarried.
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Food decisions - do I eat this or not? - are always going to be there.
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My father has never once asked me a question, any question. There's a freedom that came from that. It allowed me to create my own way of thinking.
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I have always supported measures and principles and not men.
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I'm still young; I've had a couple things under my belt. I don't even think I've begun where I'm gonna be eventually. I really feel very much in the beginning of my journey. I feel very new.
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There will be far greater accountability, dramatically improved access, responsiveness, and expanded care options, but the Department of Veterans Affairs will not be privatized under my watch.
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One who has loved truly can never lose entirely.
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don't like to joke.
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Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides.
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We were too young and immature to give up, you idiot.
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There are things in your life you can control - and there are variables you can't. The more diligent you are at controlling what you can, the more influence you'll have over your destiny. You just have to figure out which are which.
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We can't run from who we are; our destiny chooses us.
