James Levine Quotes
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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…
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Art has never been a popularity contest.
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And so, little by little, I gradually divested myself of pretty nearly all of the guest conducting I used to do, because I was at…
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As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up…
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Everybody blames the culture without taking responsibility.
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I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot.
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I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest
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I thought I'd write one book and the world would change overnight
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My hunch is that probably men are doing more both outside the home and inside the home
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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
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I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment
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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 the…
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Working mothers do an hour more per day than working fathers do and working mothers do on average an hour more per day with the…
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Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table.
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At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching.
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It was just that we had this phenomenal honeymoon relationship that just kept on going.
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We found that when people put this issue on the table, it turns out that men acknowledge the issue, and employers and employees can work…
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More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the cultural norm sort…
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Second, if you're the boss, just because they don't ask doesn't mean your employees don't have needs.
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But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.
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