Leonard Slatkin Quotes
People know Detroit for the cars, but the suburban areas of the city are really beautiful. It's much more inhabitable than people think. Many believe it's like Berlin at the end of World War II.
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I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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Accept loss forever.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.
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I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
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I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture.
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I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each.
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We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
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I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can work unless you're able to ground it in some kind of relationship.
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Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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It was a mistake. On the information we had, we shouldn't have prosecuted the war. We shouldn't have changed our argument from international law to regime change in a non-transparent way. It was an error for which we as a country paid a heavy price, and for which many people paid with their lives.
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I think the American people have been surprised by the enthusiasm with which the Iraqis have taken to elections and politics.
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I want people to see an honesty within me. I'm not trying to be the next Sam Cooke or Otis Redding.
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Everything good is the transmutation of something evil: every god has a devil for a father.
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I think it's a fun thing, and perhaps maybe very so slightly as an American, it's a slightly different thing that they didn't do as much of when the show was 100 percent written by Brits just because I'm not sure they were quite as familiar with some of these little moments in our government system.
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People know Detroit for the cars, but the suburban areas of the city are really beautiful. It's much more inhabitable than people think. Many believe it's like Berlin at the end of World War II.
