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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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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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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It's not always expected of filmmakers to do stereotyped stories. But one has to be willing to travel to festivals and hook up with people, engage people intellectually about your passion and the kinds of films that interest you, and sooner or later you find people that have the same affinity that you have.
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Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!
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On the environment and climate change, I suspect that future generations will think there was too much timidity, too much fear of upsetting business. Basically, New Labour was very nervous about regulating business, or requiring it to do anything, even when there was a very clear social or environmental case for doing so.
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I love to write. I used to be a math teacher. And I like the idea that other people could write about the same subjects, but no one would write it just the way I do. It's very individual: a child could write the same story as somebody else, but it wouldn't come out the same.
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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.
