Barry Levinson Quotes
A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.
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A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby. We will do our best to make rugby a global sport.
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Healthy is in the eye of the beholder.
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I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.
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It isn't often that the logic behind a policy is so clear. But when it comes to the value of educating girls, the evidence speaks for itself.
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I've been doing this since 2011, when I started on Instagram. Building my presence on there was important to my brand, but I wanted to take my audience to other platforms, so I then crossed over to Twitter second, then YouTube third. It wasn't until I made my fourth crossover to a different platform that I went to Vine.
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I'm one of those pesky Brits.
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The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.
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I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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I really believe musical form will go on. There's got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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In the Army, because the stakes are so high - right? - you can't just be a yes-man and say, 'Great idea, boss!' if you don't believe it - right? - because lives are at stake. And the commanders that I've worked for, they want frank assessments; they want criticism and feedback.
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It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
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Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I'm not bothered about what others are doing. All I want to do is excel in whatever it is that I do.
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If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
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What is interesting about me isn't that I am a mother, it is who I am. I love my family, but if I just talk to you about being a mother, it's boring. I am sorry, but it's reducing who I really am, and it's really boring.
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To be among the world's greatest athletes and compete for Team U.S.A. while knowing that the entire world is watching is something that athletes dream about. To be able to experience that was truly special.
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The premise of anything you do - whether it's writing a song or any business - is ultimately that it hinges heavily on your belief in the thing that you're doing and promoting and selling. It's a reflection of who you are in a very deep way.
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It's funny: a lot of roles I do read for mention physical presence - like, 'built like a quarterback' - and for me, it's pretty boring because I don't want that to be the most important thing. I'm not trying to be Dwayne Johnson.
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A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.
