Neil Sedaka Quotes
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
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Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.
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I had a job as a paralegal. I drove a cab.
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Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.
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I think it's really good to get the adrenaline pumping.
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My relationship to food is that of an acrophobe to a bridge. Unease masks a desire to jump.
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The Illinois Constitution was written before they realized they'd have a city the size of Chicago in the state. The constitution had severe limits on the ability of any city to raise monies through taxes and bonds. When Chicago grew explosively, they had to come up with ways of getting more money to do more things.
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The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
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I've been spoiled rotten with the costumes I've worn.
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I didn't plan on going into show business. Show business picked me. And it's been fun. One of the best things about being in show business is people think they know me, and they feel like they grew up with me.
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My weakness is wearing too much leopard print.
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I think this is all my life. Because if I was split gymnastics and something else like far, fun or to go with friends. No, this, you're supposed to one go, one straight road and to do every day. And touch the wall, of the goal.
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What you do on tour is you build this 'You and me against the world' thing.
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Life is so much easier when I allow myself to be myself and go with the flow. Whatever that looks like on a given day. If I can get quiet enough to truly check-in with myself, I usually end up on the right track.
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I have always admired the way women put outfits together.
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My stories deal with multicultural situations as well as multigenerational settings.
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When I began writing in the mid-1960s, I thought it was not important for readers to know whether I was male or female. Also, I was a great admirer of E.B. White, so I may have thought that it would bring me luck to submit my first manuscript as 'E.L.' But if I were starting out today, I would use my first name.
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When we developed the 'Seinfeld' show, we took a bet on Jerry Seinfeld, who was not a household name. But Jerry had a voice. He was appearing on 'Late Night', on 'The Tonight Show', had some commercials out there, his voice of observational comedy, looking at the world around him, that voice was really starting to come into its own.
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I never talk about my wife: we're both in public professions but we try to keep our private life private.
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Medicare, getting through that in the '60s, after Kennedy's assassination, where there was such an emotional desire to do something to carry on his agenda.
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I shop at thrift shops probably five times a week.
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The benefits of globalization do not trickle down automatically. It takes politics to make sure that there is a benefit.
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Personally, I've found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else's area and not playing their music but doing whatever I do in their area.
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I am a Jew, and I'm convinced that Israel is the homeland.
