Barry Manilow Quotes
No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.
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I don't think I can play Mr. Bachchan.
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I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.
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I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
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I want to be judged by who I am, not by a relationship.
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Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths.
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I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
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I was the first one to allow a projectile to come off of the stage and into the audience. And I kind of take responsibility for the mosh pit.
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I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
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One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
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I think what was frustrating to see a lot of good people go. You don't picture it, you don't imagine it, don't think it could happen. When it does, you are puzzled.
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I'm not good with bullies and zealots.
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Oh no! What have I done? I smashed open my little boy's piggy bank, and for what? A few measly cents, not even enough to buy one beer. Wait a minute, lemme count and make sure... not even close.
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Every new stroke of civilization has cost the lives of countless brave men, who have fallen defeated by the dragon, in their efforts to win the apples of the Hesperides, or the fleece of gold. Fallen in their efforts to overcome the old, half sordid savagery of the lower stages of creation, and win the next stage.
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Listening is the key to everything good in music.
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Noble and wise men once believed in the music of the spheres: noble and wise men still continue to believe in the "moral significance of existence." But one day even this sphere-music will no longer be audible to them! They will wake up and take note that their ears were dreaming.
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No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
