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James Levine

"It's just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and whose function is to make it possible for them to do it."

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Donna Grant

"When you focus on want, you become an endless cycle of wants."

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"Only those who want everything done for them are bored."

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Donna Grant

"Don't say "the White House wants." Buildings can't want."

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Donna Grant

"I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me."

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Donna Grant

"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center."

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Donna Grant

"Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know."

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Donna Grant

"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."

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Donna Grant

"Tyrants seldom want pretexts."

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Donna Grant

"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say."

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Donna Grant

"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens."

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James Levine
"I can imagine wanting to work with this ensemble and this company always."

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James Levine
"I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment."

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James Levine
"It's just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and whose function is to make it possible for them to do it."

Want

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James Levine
"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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James Levine
"I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest."

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James Levine
"Everybody blames the culture without taking responsibility."

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James Levine
"Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it."

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James Levine
"So, the total number of hours spent on the stuff you have to do to take care of a family, working and caring for stuff at home, the total number of hours is actually about the same for mothers and fathers."

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James Levine
"You try on purpose to get players with different qualities which will rub off on one another."

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James Levine
"Where my tastes in music are concerned, I'm a real maximalist."

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