Marvin Hamlisch Quotes

As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen.

Marvin Hamlisch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 2, 1944 - August 7, 2012

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I'm against government-subsidized parking and government-mandated parking.

Matthew Yglesias

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I've written thousands of stories, started hundreds of news cycles.

Matt Drudge

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One of those quiet types who logs a lot of time in the bedlam of her head, I sometimes need to be startled awake to the fact that the outside world still exists.

Amy Gerstler

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If there's any indirect way I can motivate or inspire Olympic athletes... that is one of the greatest honors. Even Natalie Coughlin saying that I inspired her. I'm so humbled by that. I think that's amazing.

Summer Sanders

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Do cave paintings mean anything? Not really, but I, for one, am happy to have them.

Trevor Paglen

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It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

Mary Cheney

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My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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I've thought for years that newspapers should all be owned by nonprofits.

Molly Ivins

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Saying that fights in Japan were fixed and that me, along with other guys like Silva, Minotauro, etc., did not win those fights legitimately is an ultimate and absurd nonsense.

Mirko Cro Cop

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I remember everyone in my nursery school class getting a carton of milk before the day started. Only, I got mine about 20 minutes later than everyone else because it had to be kept on the radiator for a short while. I liked warm milk when I was small.

Luke Pasqualino

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I'm very conscious of people having pretty short attention spans: I know, I'm guilty of it. I'm 17 now: what happens by the time I'm 21, am I a burn-out or something? Will they still listen to my record?

Lorde

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I look back on the influence my dad had on my life and career, and I just try to take the best parts of what he had.

Jason Day

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