“Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level. If you didn't do the hard work, you wouldn't be standing there. On the other hand, people do a lot of hard work and don't get Oscars, so it's a mixture of glory and injustice at the same time.” PeopleIfsHardHandsFilmCertainLevelsHard WorkLuckyGloryStandingInjusticeRecognitionOscarsMixturesStanding There Author:Walter Murch
“In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.” PeopleWayTryingArtCertainLevelsGreatnessBuiltSupremeTranslateSymmetryInterconnected Author:Frank Ocean
“Not everybody should be laughing at everything at the same time. That's not even natural. My thing is to feel natural, because I don't want to feel like I could just make people laugh at every single joke, every single time, with the same decibel level.” PeopleWantFeelsShouldNaturalLevelsLaughingJokesMaking People Laugh Author:Patrice O'Neal
“Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can be at my level. That was kind of hard finding people who love something so much they want to keep on doing it.” PeopleWantKindHardSchoolLevelsFindingsAthleteWho I AmLike Me Author:Sally Pearson
“I think Chicago people are very special people, and the Midwest's confluence of East Coast-meets-Midwest sensibilities had to, on a formative level, inform me as an artist and an actor. In that sense, it had to have helped me.” PeopleThinkingArtistActorsLevelsSpecialEastChicagoSensibilityCoastMidwestEast CoastConfluenceSpecial People Author:Daniel Sunjata
“The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to be exciting. Then it's nice to add other levels underneath that people can pick up on.” PeopleImportantBookStoriesLevelsNicePicksExcitingImportant ThingsAddGood Story Author:Jonathan Stroud
“Harvard produces leaders. People with Harvard degrees go on to become administrators in high-level positions in state educational departments and in public schools around the country.” PeopleCountryStatesSchoolLevelsLeaderPositionProduceGoes OnDegreesEducationalDepartmentPublic SchoolHarvardHigh LevelAdministrators Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“A lot of people trash their subtle physical body with psychedelic drugs. While they do certainly give you experiences in altered levels of attention, you pay a price for it. They definitely screw up the subtle physical. Hatha Yoga can be good for that.” PeopleGivingBodyLevelsPayAttentionBuddhismBalanceDrugYogaBe GoodSubtleScrewsTrashPsychedelicAlteredScrew UpsPhysical BodyPsychedelic DrugsHatha Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“That's why we call this a dark age. It's a dark age in the sense that there are so many people on the earth who are un-attuned that they create such a level of white noise, in a sense, that it drowns out things that we'd like to see.” PeopleAgeEarthHumanityDarkWhiteLevelsBuddhismNoiseDark AgesWhite Noise Author:Frederick Lenz
“Take a yoga class, study different forms of self-discovery. Some people are crazy and fanatical, avoid them. People who are balanced and calm and introspective, associating with them will raise your energy level.” PeopleDifferentSelfHappinessFormEnergyLevelsClassStudyCrazyBuddhismYogaDiscoveryRaisesCalmSelf DiscoveryBalancedIntrospectiveEnergy Levels Author:Frederick Lenz
“You can judge a civilization by its level of agreement with the green world. When people respect nature, it's a sign of a healthy situation. When they denigrate nature, it's a sign of an unhealthy civilization that will soon perish.” PeopleWorldNatureLevelsSituationJudgingBuddhismCivilizationHealthyGreenAgreementUnhealthyGreen World Author:Frederick Lenz
“People you are emotionally open to can drain your power level or raise it tremendously, depending on what their intentions are.” PeopleLevelsBuddhismRaisesIntentionSexualityDrains Author:Frederick Lenz
“It's something that people relate to - and I hope my kid doesn't relate to - but there's a level of believability in playing complex characters. You know, Christopher Walken has done some hilarious comedies, De Niro. There's great room for complexity and darkness to do well in comedies.” PeopleKnowsWellsDoneCharacterKidsLevelsRoomsDarknessComedyComplexesRelateComplexityDe NiroComplex CharactersBelievability Author:Jeremy Sisto
“The culture is just so coarse that you have to take it to that level and people will be like, 'Whoa!' And then you can make people think about stuff. It's kind of like shock therapy.” PeopleThinkingKindCultureStuffLevelsTherapyShockCoarseShock Therapy Author:Matt Stone
“Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.” PeopleWritingTryingChristianSpiritualSongLevelsFansDeeperContemporaryWriting SongsChristian MusicContemporary Christian Author:Ryan Tedder
“I know who I am as an artist and I know what my sound is, but I wanted to know what I could do in order to take it to that next level. So the experiences I had last year of moving to California and traveling to places like Rome and Nicaragua where I met a lot of people just had a really big impact in my life.” PeopleKnowsYearsBigsWantedLastsMovingArtistOrderNextSoundLevelsMetsImpactWho I AmCaliforniaRomeLast YearNext LevelNicaraguaBig Impact Author:Kate Voegele
“Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level.” PeopleKnowsWaySometimesCultureLevelsTypeDeeperBackgroundsSnobbery Author:Irvine Welsh
“In this world people are at different levels of evolution. The more advanced soul has learned that fulfillment does not come from simply leading a physical life.” PeopleWorldInspirationalDoeDifferentSoulLevelsThis WorldInspirational LifeBuddhismEvolutionFulfillmentDifferent Levels Author:Frederick Lenz