Top 41 Quotes & Sayings by Annette Funicello

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Annette Joanne Funicello was an American actress and singer. Funicello began her professional career as a child performer at the age of twelve. She was one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the original Mickey Mouse Club. As a teenager, she transitioned to a successful career as a singer with the pop singles "O Dio Mio", "First Name Initial", "Tall Paul" and "Pineapple Princess", as well as establishing herself as a film actress, popularizing the successful "Beach Party" genre alongside co-star Frankie Avalon during the mid-1960s.

American - Actress | October 22, 1942 - April 8, 2013

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For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.

Annette Funicello

The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters.

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The Lord has been with me throughout my life. He's never let me down.

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I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.

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Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock.

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The mere thought of divorce terrified me. To me, divorce symbolized failure.

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Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today.

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In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

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I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at heart.

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Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside.

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I'm saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something other than a kind, caring man.

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Then, as now, the Disney studio buzzed with activity. You had a strong impression of being at the center of something very exciting.

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Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.

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Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listening to radio, we found the black-and-white images mesmerizing.

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As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.

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MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive.

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In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down.

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Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes.

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My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club.

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To some, the '50s were a decade marked by the banal, the predictable.

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As I grew older, I came to feel more responsible for any hardship or trouble my career caused my family.

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Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.

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When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change.

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I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did.

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Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s.

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At the beginning of 1955 only about 60 percent of American homes had TVs.

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Whatever dreams I have wished have come true.

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I was not prepared to live as a single parent.

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I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.

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Of the many guests we welcomed to the Mickey Mouse Club, my absolute favorites were the Lennon Sisters.

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Dick Clark really didn't make rock 'n roll safe for America, as many people think.

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Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film.

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Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it with his ambition and tenacity.

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I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at heart

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You don't have to pound your head after hearing a country song and wonder if you missed something.

Annette Funicello

In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down

Annette Funicello

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.

Annette Funicello

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film

Annette Funicello