Levon Helm Quotes
I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really nice to me and The Band.
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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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Accept loss forever.
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I smoke, isn't that terrible?
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I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.
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There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won't become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions.
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Most pumpkin dishes involve scooping out the seeds, cutting off the skin, and chopping up the flesh before cooking.
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
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The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
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I love the game of hockey. I love being part of it. I think I know a lot about the game.
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But since I am in the music industry, I don't want anyone to download music, not on September 9th.
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I grew up in New York.
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Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere - be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.
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A lot of people give in to those pressures and let others influence the process on their second albums because they want to achieve the success they had with their first again, but they don't know how to do it.
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I don't think there is such a thing as a German movie star. There are respected actors, but we are not publicized like TV people.
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Some people help thousands of people directly, like Marie Curie or Susan B. Anthony. Others help us by inspiring us, like Amelia Earhart. But you do have to help someone.
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What a world of gammon and spinach it is, though, ain't it!
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I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really nice to me and The Band.
