Neil Sedaka Quotes
I remember Pavarotti telling me, 'Oh, Neil, after seventy, the voice is going to go.' But I've been lucky. You almost have to learn how to sing all over again. You use your diaphragm more. You have to choose the notes and pace yourself.
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I've ended up on some website list or some other list for super right-wing people. They've been tweeting some pretty rude stuff at me, so I think there's a sect of America out there that doesn't like certain opinions and can really take their claws out when they don't like what you're saying.
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Life in California is beautiful.
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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I've come to realize I'm more spiritual than I am religious. What I mean by this: As far as praying to God goes, I'm more about looking inside for inner guidance - tapping into our own abundantly powerful inner resources - which, I suppose, is where some might say God does indeed reside.
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
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It's great to play someone who's so unafraid of being who she is.
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They wanted to audition people for the Middle East correspondent on 'The Daily Show.' They wanted to hire somebody ethnic for that slot. Helms had left, Cordry had left, and they felt that they needed an ethnic face. So, I went in and auditioned, and I got the job.
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I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I'm confident and really optimistic.
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I eat the same breakfast and lunch every day, both at my desk. I employ no time-saving tricks at all.
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The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
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Stephen Colbert used to be my friend. I even signed the poor baby's cast when he hurt his hand.
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I remember being very influenced by 'Taxi Driver', and also Tommy Lee Jones in 'Coal Miner's Daughter' a little bit.
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Communism feeds on aggression, hatred, and the imprisonment of men's minds and souls. This shall not take root in the United States.
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I believe in using words, not fists.
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I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn't care what he believed.
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They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him.
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To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.
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I remember Pavarotti telling me, 'Oh, Neil, after seventy, the voice is going to go.' But I've been lucky. You almost have to learn how to sing all over again. You use your diaphragm more. You have to choose the notes and pace yourself.
