Marvin Hamlisch Quotes
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
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I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
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Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
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I myself feel that I'm a well-rounded player and got a lot better defensively and without the puck as time has gone on.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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Republicans have never been good at public relations.
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While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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Unless you're very boring, I think most people who've lived long enough have something in their past which will never go away.
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I don't regard myself as a great classical or jazz pianist. I like country music, but I'm not a great player. I just like music. Drums 'n' bass is pretty exciting and I'd love to explore it.
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Right before 'Brian's Song' there was a period when I was very despondent, broke, depressed; my first marriage was on the rocks. The role of Gale Sayers had been cast with Lou Gossett, and then he hurt himself playing basketball. I was called in to read for the role. I was their last choice, and I knew it.
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I loved 'Solid Gold!'
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I can make a song up about anything: garbage, the weather, things in the news.