Dinah Manoff Quotes
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In those years of the Fifties, in London and New York, I lived, without knowing it, in a time when the profoundest changes were happening: when a radical alteration was getting ready to happen in the way a society saw young girls. And, as a consequence, in the way they saw themselves.
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I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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We've all read, I'm sure, a Superman book where we didn't really feel like we knew the character. Where the writer, often with the best of intentions, has tried put a personal stamp on the character, whether it be to try and make him more current, or cool, or have a broader appeal, etc.
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I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare because I would mispronounce words or reconstruct things that weren't even there. That's when one of my teachers discovered I had a learning disability called dyslexia. Once I got help, I read very well!
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
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I'm having a great time. It's like I'm on some ridiculous big roller coaster not knowing what's happening next, but just having a great time on the ride.
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I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl.
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In the '90s, I wouldn't have been a supermodel.
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Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that.
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I was definitely a Daddy's boy.
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There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing. Unlike being in a band or a play or something, I don't have to rely on anyone else but me.
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I don't know about the whole song-and-dance thing. But if India will have me, the independent cinema scene there is something I'm really interested in.
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You might not trust me. Please give me a chance and time. I will prove myself for all of you.
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I believe in creative visualization.
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I don't have a complex mind.
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I think songwriting was the biggest way that I found my identity.
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There is a construct in computer programming called 'the infinite loop' which enables a computer to do what no other physical machine can do - to operate in perpetuity without tiring. In the same way it doesn't know exhaustion, it doesn't know when it's wrong and it can keep doing the wrong thing over and over without tiring.
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I don't see (subprime mortgage market troubles) imposing a serious problem. I think it's going to be largely contained.
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I needed to become something besides the star everybody had built me up to be.
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To have peace in the world, men & nations must embrace the nonviolent assertion that ends and means must cohere.
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I wanted to direct more than I wanted to act. And I found I couldn't do everything.
