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.'
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The world is always in movement.
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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.
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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick 'exit.' It is centered on long-term value creation.
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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.
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I moved out when I was 17 to get away from a pretty tough and difficult family environment.
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I am proud to be a member of the Congress of the United States.
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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.
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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.
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The last few years of my life have been a little like a long ride in a Poop de Ville with the bottom down.
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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.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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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?'
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.
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The framers hated the tyranny of King George, but they were also afraid of the mob. That's why they put so many checks and balances into our system, to guard against the excesses of a government that might be inflamed by public passion or perverted by a dictator's whim.
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It's all magic to me. Country to punk rock, all of it. Chopin to Kurt Cobain. But it always all comes back to punk for me, because that was the last time, punk rock or grunge rock, was the last time that passion ruled the airwaves.
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'Single' is usually applied to women as though they are a problem to be fixed.
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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.'
