Neil Sedaka Quotes
Between 1958 and 1963, I sold about 40 million records - to the shock of my mother and father because I was always playing Beethoven. But I bought my mother a mink stole. She was very happy, and she said, 'I think this is better than Beethoven.'Neil Sedaka
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I never understood the realism of an imaginary circumstance. While I was doing 'Smoke Signals,' I relied on my instinct and what I grew up with. I had this energy, but it was a one-dimensional thing.
Adam Beach -
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, and I'm sensitive.
Cara Delevingne -
I still love my little home on YouTube, really.
Zoe Sugg -
I don't go out anywhere. I don't go to nightclubs, so meeting somebody in the nightclub is out of question.
Salman Khan -
I don't want to come off as one of those artists that's not down to earth and real.
La'Porsha Renae -
In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...'
Ha-Joon Chang
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Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.
Maggie Stiefvater -
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Sallust -
The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
Karen Fairchild Little Big Town -
Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
Magic Johnson -
Around 14, I was turned on to Shania, Reba, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood... and I've followed it ever since.
Laura Bell Bundy -
EO 11110 did not order the printing of Silver Certificates. It ordered the amendment of a previous executive order so that the United States Code would authorize or 'empower' the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Silver Certificates if the occasion should arise.
G. Edward Griffin
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Name the book that made the biggest impression on you. I bet you read it before you hit puberty. In the time I've got left, I intend to write artistic books - for kids - because they're still open to new ideas.
Gary Paulsen -
I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.
Pat Nixon -
I've always been happy with my body.
Venus Williams -
Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.
e. e. cummings -
I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
Vera Farmiga -
I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women's empowerment, the creation of opportunities for youth, and culture and tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In fact, such challenges energize me.
Queen Rania of Jordan
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Even though my shoes are different from Ferragamo's aesthetic, which is more classic, I learned the importance of fit and quality. We were making shoes like they used to, by hand, and I carried that with me.
Edgardo Osorio -
Reality really is theater. There's no other way to describe it. It's all so nonsensical, ridiculous and chaotic.
Joe Rogan -
I love 'Sex and the City,' but it's also wonderful that there's something else other than 'Sex and the City.'
Pilou Asbaek -
I don't think I could write a straight drama.
David E. Kelley -
It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box.
Joel Coen -
Between 1958 and 1963, I sold about 40 million records - to the shock of my mother and father because I was always playing Beethoven. But I bought my mother a mink stole. She was very happy, and she said, 'I think this is better than Beethoven.'
Neil Sedaka