Sam Levenson Quotes

Our parents set the moral tone of the family. They expected more of some of us and less of others, but never less than they thought we were capable of.

Sam Levenson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 28, 1911 - August 27, 1980

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I don't know why people are so obsessed with age anyway. I mean, 90 is the new 70; 70 is the new 50 and 50 is the new 40; so the whole act-your-age thing? Only up to a point.

Joan Collins

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In the work that I normally do, you have a whole script, a whole arc, that you play. And I do believe a good actor will play every bit of information they're given.

Jessica Pare

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I love comedy, but more than that, I love comedy that has a message and that has some stakes.

Jermaine Fowler

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The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A tear is more unnerving than a break.

Andy Goldsworthy

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And as journalists we look for differences - differences between countries, cultures, classes, and communities. We're very sensitized to difference, but it's much harder to write about similarities across countries, cultures, classes, and communities.

Amy Waldman

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I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.

Shirley Knight

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Everything on TV is perfect, and it's so boring.

Jonathan Krisel

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When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do. We must design our middle and high schools so that no student gets lost in the crowd and disconnected from his or her own potential.

Christine Gregoire

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One way an author dies a little each day is when his books go out of print.

William Goldman

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In management terms, directing opera certainly prepares you for a film set: the magnitude of it, the experts in other fields that you have to call on. Both are massive ensemble jobs in which there's incredible pressure to get things done on time and on budget - so much so that making the wrong decision may be better than making no decision at all.

Phyllida Lloyd

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I know deep down I'm a star.

Kelela

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To me, dance and ballet are not so accessible.

Justin Peck

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