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Barbra Streisand is without a doubt one of the most honest people I have ever known. There is no doubt in my mind that she will not be doing any more concerts. Of course, she still will be making records and starring and directing in movies.

~Marvin Hamlisch

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I think that when NASA works on a moon shot, they know too well that all of the people working on it must do their job at 110 percent. Sometimes they probably put in 18 hour days, but they're aiming for the moon, and that's what counts.

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I never took any vocal training.

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I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher left our apartment, I would get up on the piano bench and start picking out the notes that were part of my sister's lessons.

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I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive.

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There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests.

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If I'm within reach and can be helpful, I have a tendency to say 'Yes.' It's hard to say 'No.'

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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.

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My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.

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I still have great faith in what is good and right in all of us.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: June 2nd, 1944

Died: August 7th, 2012

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