Levon Helm Quotes
The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we ever played.
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There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.
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I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.
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The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of care: and then, to so much of the rest of life, is indifferent. Whereas, the European hasn't got so much care in him, so he cares much more for life and living.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.
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I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
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You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their leotards out of their bums and that sort of stuff.
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When I was a child - in wartime, pre-television - books were my life.
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I originally just wanted to be an artist.
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Politics is largely a matter of heart.
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If I don't create, I don't exist.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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So finally I came up with a thing that felt really pure, and I'm Christian, so when I hear about death I have a lot of hope because I believe in Jesus and life after death, and John 3:16.
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So if Arizona sees the federal government isn't assuming its responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it's a federal issue.
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First, to begin with, Mexico is North American; the one that is using wrong the term is United States. United States is not North America. North America is Mexico, United States, and Canada.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy is frequently much more interesting than the good guy.
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Your slippers last a lot longer in your bedroom. On a film set, they do get very scuffed up.
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I grew up on Loretta Lynn and Dusty Springfield. I remember lying about it; it wasn't cool to listen to country when I was 12.
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I needed a capo - a clamp to hold down the strings - so my daddy made me one out of a corn on the cob and a rubber band.
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If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers. (79).
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The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we ever played.
