Marvin Hamlisch Quotes

Normally I can balance two or three things. The problem is when you're out of work and don't have anything to balance. I think people assume you're always busy. You go through dry spells.

Marvin Hamlisch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkBalancePeopleBusyThinkYou

It usually happens that I have multiple different projects going on at once, and one can be referencing the other.

John Darnielle

GoingDifferentHappensOtherOnce

Here you have an incredibly ambitious, accomplished woman who comes up against some of the same problems that women in power come up against today. Cleopatra plays an oddly pivotal role in world history as well; in her lifetime, Alexandria is the center of the universe, Rome is still a backwater.

Stacy Schiff

WomenTodayPowerHistoryWomanYou

I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and the effect it had on him of losing his father young, I always felt connected to the war. It goes back years, but it still feels to me as if we're completely living in it.

Tom Hooper

FatherWarLosingMeWorldFeel

I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard.

Rodney Atkins

FamilyGoodMusicFoodGood Food

I was born in the studio. I knew I loved music. I found my niche at, like, seven or eight. That's when I knew I wanted to rap.

Joyner Lucas

MusicLovedBornRapNicheSeven

When I was growing up in the theater there were all these amazing girls telling me about the guy who broke their heart. And I was always wishing that it was me.

Diego Luna

HeartAmazingMeGrowing UpGrowing

I don't get nervous anymore. The first couple times I met Roger Federer, or Grigor Dimitrov, I was a little nervous. But now, it's more natural.

Denis Shapovalov

NowNervousMoreFirstLittleGet

Yeah, it's risky, but no more risky than driving a car.

Cory Lidle

CarDrivingMoreRiskyThanYeah

I always do like seeing other people dance in their cars. It's one of the things that makes me happy.

Ariel Gore

CarDanceHappyPeopleMeSeeing

But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.

Anselm Kiefer

MemoryBelieveBuildI BelieveAbove

If people weren't watching, I'd be so much more eccentric. I know it makes me sound weak, but rather than make myself happy and wear the silly hat and say, 'Oh, I don't care,' I actually really don't feel like getting made fun of. So I put on something boring and navy and go out and try to disappear.

Anne Hathaway

MyselfFunHatHappyPeopleMe

I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so.

Sydney Smith

ManBookNeverReadBefore

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