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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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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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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Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.
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The standard progressive approach of the moment is to mix color-conscious moral invective with color-blind public policy.
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The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.
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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.
