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  1. Keep the Lights On

    Keep the Lights On is a 2012 American drama film written by Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias and directed by Sachs. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, and was released on September 7, 2012 by Music Box Films. The film stars Thure Lindhardt as Erik, a Danish filmmaker living in New York City to work on a documentary film about artist Avery Willard; while there, he enters into a loving but complicated long-term relationship with Paul (Zachary Booth), a lawyer in the publishing industry who struggles with drug addiction. The film's cast also includes Julianne Nicholson, Souléymane Sy Savané, Paprika Steen, David Anzuelo, Maria Dizzia, and Miguel Del Toro. The film is based on Sachs' own past relationship with Bill Clegg, a literary agent who published his own memoir about his struggles with addiction, Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, in 2010.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of keep the lights on in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of keep the lights on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of keep the lights on in a Sentence

  1. Owen Smith:

    There is a very real danger, especially if we do what I want to do and increase the industrial output of Britain, get us making things once more, that we just won't have enough power to keep the lights on as things are going.

  2. Ted Murphy:

    I was getting very close to running out of money, i had to close a deal within a week or so if I was going to keep the lights on.

  3. John Belfiore:

    I'm budgeting penny to penny, the $ 500 gives me gas money to get to interviews and keep the lights on.

  4. Matt Smith:

    It's a case of just trying to keep the lights on, this is essentially creating demand that typically isn't there.

  5. Jon Stewart:

    They're allowed to stay open past five, so my suggestion to this Senate would be when you come back, if all the members aren't here, keep the lights on. Keep the doors open. And don't leave here tonight, until you do the right thing by these folks.


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