Barry Manilow Quotes
My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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I'm a good Catholic boy.
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There isn't any amount of money that could tempt me to promote something that I didn't believe in.
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I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.
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The people don't run the system; the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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In my 20s, when I was a photojournalist in Beijing. I joined an underground art group and put on clandestine exhibitions of my paintings.
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I was just doing my job in the ring and doing my best to make people happy.
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I love the way soft white cheese such as ricotta or the creamier mascarpone reflect the milieu in which an animal has been raised.
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Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.
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For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was the proper way for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the President.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together.
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Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!
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Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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Let's overwhelm the Castro regime with iPhones, iPads, American cars and American ingenuity.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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I used to play flute and clarinet at school, and although I wasn't thinking about making a living or getting a pay cheque, I already knew I was going to play music all my life.
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I was ready in 2008 for the Olympic Games but unfortunately I missed the Kenyan trials with a thigh injury. I watched those Olympics but it was tough to watch. But it was good in the end because a Kenyan, Wilfred Bungei, was the champion.
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What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.
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I would be happy if people just called me an actor.
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Christmas brings us great music: Everything from Handel's 'Messiah' to 'White Christmas,' to 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.'
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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.
