--- title: "1 Fate Fate Quotes By James Levine" description: "1 Fate Fate quotes by James Levine. Plus more from James Levine and more Fate Fate sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/james-levine-16449_air_fate-is-a-misplaced-retreat-many-people_2245869.png" --- > [Fate is a misplaced retreat. Many people rationalize an unexplained event as fate and shrug their shoulders when it occurs. But that is not what fate is. The world operates as a series of circles that are invisible, for they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/fate-is-a-misplaced-retreat-many-people-rationalize-an-unexplained/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/james-levine-16449_air_fate-is-a-misplaced-retreat-many-people_2245869.png) ## More by James Levine > [It wasn't that I ever knew I'd be at the Met for 20 years, or 30 years, or 40 years, or anything like that](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/it-wasn-t-that-i-ever-knew-i-d-be-at-the-met-for-20-years-or-30-years/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) > [Working mothers do an hour more per day than working fathers do and working mothers do on average an hour more per day with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/working-mothers-do-an-hour-more-per-day-than-working-fathers-do-and/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) > [You try on purpose to get players with different qualities which will rub off on one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/you-try-on-purpose-to-get-players-with-different-qualities-which-will/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) > [Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/employee-fathers-need-to-step-up-to-the-plate-and-put-their-family/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) > [Its just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/its-just-that-when-the-orchestra-look-at-me-i-want-them-to-see-a/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) > [My hunch is that probably men are doing more both outside the home and inside the home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/my-hunch-is-that-probably-men-are-doing-more-both-outside-the-home/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) > [As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/as-major-orchestras-around-the-world-are-gripped-in-various-kinds-of/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) > [Art has never been a popularity contest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/art-has-never-been-a-popularity-contest/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) > [And, over the last thirty years we have seen men's participation in both housework and childcare has increased and women's have stayed at about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/and-over-the-last-thirty-years-we-have-seen-men-s-participation-in/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) > [When they are performing in front of the public, they ought to have a sensation that's relatively easy, if the technical and the interpretive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/when-they-are-performing-in-front-of-the-public-they-ought-to-have-a/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) > [I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/i-was-lucky-that-i-met-the-right-mentors-and-teachers-at-the-right/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) > [Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/most-people-treat-the-office-manual-the-way-they-treat-a-software/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) > [At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/at-my-age-you-are-naturally-inclined-towards-teaching/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) > [A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/a-lot-of-people-get-impatient-with-the-pace-of-change/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) > [Where my tastes in music are concerned, I'm a real maximalist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-levine/where-my-tastes-in-music-are-concerned-i-m-a-real-maximalist/) [James Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-levine/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fate-fate/james-levine/#itemlist", "name": "1 Fate Fate Quotes By James Levine", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fate is a misplaced retreat. 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