Neil Sedaka Quotes
I knew I had a remarkable voice, but I was embarrassed because it was so high. But when I sang at my bar mitzvah, the rabbi was in tears. He said to my parents, 'He must become a cantor in the synagogue,' but my mother said, 'No, he's going to be a concert pianist.'Neil Sedaka
Quotes to Explore
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The world is always in movement.
V. S. Naipaul -
Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
Barbara Jordan -
I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
Walt Whitman -
Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
Osman Rashid -
Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick 'exit.' It is centered on long-term value creation.
Hamdi Ulukaya -
I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
Rafael Nadal
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I moved out when I was 17 to get away from a pretty tough and difficult family environment.
Karen Handel -
I am proud to be a member of the Congress of the United States.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. -
I think what's important in a good manager and a good agent is that they know your vision and that they are passionate about you and believe in you. Because if they don't, then they're not going to work hard for you, and they're going to send you out on things that you don't want to do.
Maiara Walsh -
For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.
Kate Christensen -
The last few years of my life have been a little like a long ride in a Poop de Ville with the bottom down.
Pat Paulsen -
If ever there were a place where people not only tend not to face economic facts, but it's almost their purpose not to face economic facts, it's Washington.
P. J. O'Rourke
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
Sam Levenson -
You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
Jack Scalia -
Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
Walter Winchell -
People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
Daniel A. D'Aniello -
I will take the subway and look at certain women and think 'God, that woman's story will never be told. How come that lady doesn't get a movie about her?'
Natasha Lyonne -
I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.
Ralph Stanley
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Our greatest furies spring from events which violate our sense of the ground of our existence.
Alain de Botton -
You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.
Joan Crawford -
When I go back to Louisiana, I want to be the same person that my friends remember me as. It's so important to me.
Lauren Daigle -
There's nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I'll leave it to you to decide, but only if you have the time.
Craig Brown -
Television is a lot more fast-paced, where with films, you really have the ability to get to know your characters. When I was doing guest star roles, I was only one, like, one episode of a thirty minute to an hour show, so you don't really have time to get to know my characters.
Liana Liberato -
I knew I had a remarkable voice, but I was embarrassed because it was so high. But when I sang at my bar mitzvah, the rabbi was in tears. He said to my parents, 'He must become a cantor in the synagogue,' but my mother said, 'No, he's going to be a concert pianist.'
Neil Sedaka