Daniel Levitin Quotes

I think we've debunked the myth of talent. It doesn't appear that there's anything like a music gene or center in the brain that Stevie Wonder has that nobody else has.

Daniel Levitin

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Lana Turner was adorable and funny. Jimmy Stewart was such a nice person. I quickly realized that if you're not a nice person, you're not going to last in this business. I mean, once your box office starts to drop off, like Veronica Lake, they'll get rid of you fast.

Robert Osborne

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The Government wants to give young people from every community the chance to learn about the heroism and sacrifice of our great-grandparents, which is why we are organising visits to the battlefields of the Western Front.

Michael Gove

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One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.

John W. Foster

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I am a humanist. I am for nice, easy balance.

Meryl Streep

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American oil companies - including Amoco, Unocal, Exxon, Pennzoil - have invested billions of dollars in Azerbaijan and plan to invest billions more. As a result, they have developed a strongly pro-Azerbaijan position.

Stephen Kinzer

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Responding to a natural disaster is a complex problem.

Tom Perez

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It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate.

Rita Dove

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Thank God for television. I've been able to consistently work in television even when people say, 'Oh my God, I haven't seen you since this film or that project.' At least I'm working. It's very difficult to get that next movie role. I'm grateful to have the television world accept me.

Rochelle Aytes

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At one of the annual conventions of the American Society for Aesthetics much confusion arose when the Society for Anesthetics met at the same time in the same hotel.

Rudolf Arnheim

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A 401(k) is essentially a basket of mutual funds intended to help people save for retirement.

Mary Pilon

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The No. 1 cause of bankruptcies is medical bills.

Michael Moore

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We in the U.A.E. have no such word as 'impossible'; it does not exist in our lexicon. Such a word is used by the lazy and the weak, who fear challenges and progress.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

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