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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I don't like to say anything good. I feel like I'll jinx myself.
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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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Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.
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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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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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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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I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in my private world. And it's a great sensation.
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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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In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.
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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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I don't know if it's changing already with 'Joanne,' but my intention is to bring people together that don't know each other and that would maybe feel awkward, but somehow be brought together by the music. That's what I wanted to do. Because that is pure and authentic to my family history and what I stand for.
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We continue to see more and more of that - games we didn't necessarily know would work in VR until a developer goes in and discovers the game mechanic that makes it come together. Sure enough, hockey can be a great VR experience.
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I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.
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Music was my friend when I was a teenager, and I would inhabit and take comfort in lyrics. That's how I want to write.
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The greatest music is made for love, not for money.
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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.
