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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I have a record of wanting to make sure that campaigns are open and financing is fair, but it can't just be one sided.
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Many business owners dream of having their product or service endorsed by a global celebrity. But instead of trying to get a superstar to support your business, try seeking out a local celebrity instead.
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There were aspects of stardom I didn't like, which were of no consequence, really, but the positive things far outweighed the negative. By the time I came to write 'Setting Sons,' I felt my writing was more like prose, set to music.
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Every day, I learn something new. I think one of the most exciting things for a writer is to work on a TV show. It's like a novel. You have a really long time to develop and learn about the characters, and you can just really keep digging in deeper, every week.
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My first memory of the public library is of lugging home a volume of Norse myths as heavy as a thunder-god's hammer.
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A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.
