Neil Sedaka Quotes
I was one of the first American rock n' rollers in the '50s to go to many foreign countries. It's a wonderful thing to go out and spread joy and love rather than hate.
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Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
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The Heat gave me an opportunity when nobody else wanted to.
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God made a mistake with me. I'm actually black, trapped in a white body.
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A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.
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The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
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Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.
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Fantasy was something I'd read as a child. And, in fact, my teachers despaired a little bit because I refused to give up Enid Blyton. Then I walked through the wardrobe with C. S. Lewis, and I don't think I actually have returned fully from the wardrobe. So, fantasy was something that was in my life from quite young.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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In the U.K., we're surrounded by American accents. Anything we watch in television. We have 'How I Met Your Mother' and all these other shows here, so it's not something that's really alien to us.
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I've grown up by the beach all my life, and I almost get anxiety if I haven't been swimming for a couple weeks or a month. It kind of builds up, so I try and get out as much as possible.
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David Fincher's work has all been incredibly well-received on Netflix, and Kevin Spacey's films have all worked on Netflix.
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Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want to be one of them.
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I treat the camera like a person - I gaze into it. Photos are a flat thing, and you need to put life into them.
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The Who on record were dynamic. Roger Daltrey's delivery allowed vulnerability without weakness; doubt and confusion, but no plea for sympathy.
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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
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I've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys.
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I used to have nightmares about the civil war when I got to England at ages 14 to 15. It took me some years to get over that.
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I hate knowing where people go to the bathroom. You follow them going to pee, to eat - I hate everything when it comes to reality shows!
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I just don't think we think about jurists as rock stars or great thinkers, particularly in the political world.
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The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)
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I was one of the first American rock n' rollers in the '50s to go to many foreign countries. It's a wonderful thing to go out and spread joy and love rather than hate.
