Joseph Gordon-Levitt Quotes

When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 17, 1981

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People have disliked me. You know, in high school, I wasn't the most popular kid. I wasn't the nerdiest kid. I was kind of in the middle.

Jimmy Fallon

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It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

Maya Angelou

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It gives me more breadth as an actor and as an artist to not be pigeonholed.

Jeff Bridges

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Education is very important, and I understand that.

Amar'e Stoudemire

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There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career.

Stephen Collins

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We're running out of rich people in this country.

Michele Bachmann

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But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.

Anne Tyler

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Parents are destined to sin against their kids; it's inevitable. As is narcissism and the human condition. Everyone has their ego and their ambitions. Life happens in between.

Alice Ripley

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Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.

William Wycherley

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I did tell the census man I was white, and I'm telling you, I started getting offers for the black American Express card in the mail.

Tiffany Haddish

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I started with the piano-accordion and rebelled against it, but I could not afford piano lessons.

Richard McCabe

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An artist is made to entertain. That's their primary goal, to entertain you. But some artists record the moments of time. You wouldn't know what was happening in the '20s and '30s; you got to check the song or art.

Rza

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