Neil Sedaka Quotes
I started out just as Elvis was going into the army, Jerry Lee Lewis married his 14-year-old cousin, and Little Richard became a priest.
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One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a flesh-eater should object to one kind of flesh, namely cow's flesh. This is an anomaly which call for explanation.
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I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth.
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But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
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I don't know any woman who doesn't have an anxiety attack about wearing a bathing suit.
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I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.
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I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.
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I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.
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Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words, like 'What about lunch?'
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My dad grew up in a mud hut and studied by candlelight. He was 14 when he got a scholarship to Russia. He was super clever - the cleverest person. He landed in 5ft of snow, and was alone at 14, studying science and engineering. He didn't have a bed, and he slept on a table.
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I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding after having kids, like Mary King, but people say that you lose your nerve after you have kids. It's the risk.
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A lot of films come out before they're finished.
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I think the next thing I publish will be for children, but I don't really want to be held to that because I also know what my next book for adults will be, and I really like that, too, so it depends. I've always had more than one thing going.
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It's always about the music, never about anything else.
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I do not want to be young again.
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How do people relate to movies now, when they're on portable devices or streaming them? It's not as much about going to the movies. That experience has changed.
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When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.
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You've got to grab every opportunity that comes up.
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I've done a lot of work in Hollywood and theatre, but to be honest, the biggest pleasure I've ever got is from the TV single plays I've written. It's a format where you don't mind saying, 'I want to tackle some important themes head on.'
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I started out just as Elvis was going into the army, Jerry Lee Lewis married his 14-year-old cousin, and Little Richard became a priest.
