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It's an advantage having a limited output. When George Gershwin is asked to play his repertoire, he plays all evening. I just play "Lady Play Your Mandolin" and I'm through.

— Oscar Levant Dancing in the Dark (1974)

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What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.

Gene Perret in On the 8th Day — God Laughed (1995)

There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

John O'Hara was a terrible bore as a young man—always looking for a fight, and making sure he never found one.

I am no more humble than my talents require.

Memorable Quotations: Jewish Writers of the Past (2005)

Tell me, George, if you had it to do all over, would you fall in love with yourself again?

as recounted by Levant in A Smattering of Ignorance (1940)

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