Mandy Patinkin Quotes
I desperately want to see the day today and do the best I can not miss a shred of sunlight. It'll be over before I know it.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.
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As I followed my dream - stayed in-Spirit, that is, inspired - I made more money in the first year after I gave up my employment than I had made in the previous 35 years of my life.
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The gay community is very fickle. And I know because I'm part of it and I see it every day.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather than emphasizing the search for proof of evolution in space, the program would have saved $100 billion in tax money and achieved greater results.
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
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I have never regarded myself as a hero, but Tenzing undoubtedly was.
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In this business, it's easy for either your heart or your head to be swayed, and I try to always stay true to who I am.
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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Being enlightened is just being aware. It's just being aware of something that you weren't aware before.
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There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.
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A civilization, a culture, cannot survive without passion, cannot be saved without passion.
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We learn by taking action and seeing whether it works or not.
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If you expect to be successful, you will eventually be successful. If you expect to be happy and popular, you will be happy and popular. If you expect to be healthy and prosperous, that is what will happen... Always think and talk positively about the future. Start every morning by saying: 'I believe something wonderful is going to happen to me today.' Then, throughout the day, expect the best.
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I desperately want to see the day today and do the best I can not miss a shred of sunlight. It'll be over before I know it.
