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Dick Clark

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Quotes by Dick Clark

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Now that we've got computers, you can pump up anything that anybody ever uttered.
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I had made a great deal of money, and I was proud of it. I was a capitalist.
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I love what I do. I love the invigoration of doing things I haven't done before.
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Two-thirds of people with diabetes don't realize the seriousness that it can cause their hearts. They don't realize they can have a stroke, drop dead of a heart attack. So you've got to get this thing under control.
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I keep everything. It's one of my problems. I'm a saver.
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In Presley's time, you didn't dare not to be a fan of his, because you were part of a club. Now you can say I prefer Billy Joel or Tina Turner or someone else. It's all fractionalized.
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First job I had, I was 17 years old. I was primarily the mail room boy at the radio station. An FM station. And in those days, nobody listened to FM.
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I was roundly criticized for being in and around rock & roll music at its inception. It was the devil's music: it would make your teeth fall out and your hair turn blue, whatever the hell. You get through that.
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The Prince interview was a failure. Huge, but most memorable 'cause he didn't say anything.
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I could never turn to a guy and a girl and ask, 'Are you going steady?' That was absolutely a no-no - it was the Eisenhower period, and no parent wanted their kid going steady, so it wasn't a thing that you could endorse as proper behavior on the air.
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