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Daniel Levitin Quotes

Many people say some of their best ideas come from dreams. Arguably the greatest Beatles song, 'Yesterday,' came to Paul McCartney in a dream.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 27, 1957

Topics

Dreams Best People Ideas Song Dream

At some point in the past, it was decided that women in comedy are never supposed to be shown in an unflattering light. But in comedy, you need all of your tools to be funny.

Melissa McCarthy

Funny Women Light Past Tools Comedy

I always thought, 'I'm on my own, and that's the way it should be.'

Anderson Cooper

Thought Way My Own Always Own

I don't have to be working every moment. Why turn something good into a hard job? It's more special when it's not a daily occurrence. It doesn't cheapen it so much.

Good Daily Moment Job Special Why

If you hide information from people, don't want people to see the Ten Commandments or don't want people to hear about Darwin, aren't we hiding things that we know from our future generations? I just think that that's incorrect.

John Mellencamp

Future People Think You Information

I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.

Artist Just Wanted Some Acknowledged

Life's too short and too complicated for people behind desks, people behind masks to be ruining other people's lives, initiating force against other people's lives on the basis of their income, their color, their class, their religious beliefs, whatever.

Life People Color Short Complicated

I draw the line at letting people into my songwriting cave. To me, that's where the alchemy happens and where the mystery is.

People Me Mystery Cave Songwriting

I think people have to read more and learn more about what's going on internationally.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

People Think Learn More Going Read

It was at this moment that I wrote my first important paper in theoretical physics. I was 32 years old, 5 years beyond the alleged age of senility for theorists.

Robert B. Laughlin

Age Moment Physics Important Beyond

Hearing loss has not affected my vocal range. I can still pitch perfectly, but without the hearing aids, I don't hear the intricate high parts of the actual spectrum.

Loss I Can Hearing Without High

There's a richness that reading gives you, an opportunity to probe more than any other medium I know of. Reading is about not being content with the surface.

Opportunity Reading You Know More

Kind of the sad thing is that - it's still true - a lot of jazz people just listen to jazz, and a lot of hip-hop people just listen to hip-hop, and there's not a lot of crossover, unfortunately.

Sad People Kind True Jazz Hip-Hop

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