1.
I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at heart
Annette Funicello
2.
Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it with his ambition and tenacity.
Annette Funicello
3.
As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.
Annette Funicello
4.
Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.
Annette Funicello
5.
Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.
Annette Funicello
6.
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.
Annette Funicello
7.
Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside.
Annette Funicello
8.
When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change.
Annette Funicello
9.
In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
Annette Funicello
10.
The Lord has been with me throughout my life. He's never let me down.
Annette Funicello
11.
The mere thought of divorce terrified me. To me, divorce symbolized failure.
Annette Funicello
12.
For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.
Annette Funicello
13.
Pain is a part of life...misery is an option.
Annette Funicello
14.
You have a deeper, wiser, loving self that you can always ask for help.
Annette Funicello
15.
Whatever dreams I have wished have come true.
Annette Funicello
16.
Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today.
Annette Funicello
17.
Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s.
Annette Funicello
18.
I'm saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something other than a kind, caring man.
Annette Funicello
19.
Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes.
Annette Funicello
20.
My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club.
Annette Funicello
21.
Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.
Annette Funicello
22.
I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did.
Annette Funicello
23.
Of the many guests we welcomed to the Mickey Mouse Club, my absolute favorites were the Lennon Sisters.
Annette Funicello
24.
I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.
Annette Funicello
25.
The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters.
Annette Funicello
26.
MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive.
Annette Funicello
27.
I am the creator of my reality
Annette Funicello
28.
Dick Clark really didn't make rock 'n roll safe for America, as many people think.
Annette Funicello
29.
At the beginning of 1955 only about 60 percent of American homes had TVs.
Annette Funicello
30.
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
31.
To some, the '50s were a decade marked by the banal, the predictable.
Annette Funicello
32.
You don't have to pound your head after hearing a country song and wonder if you missed something.
Annette Funicello
33.
I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.
Annette Funicello
34.
Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film
Annette Funicello
35.
I was not prepared to live as a single parent.
Annette Funicello
36.
As I grew older, I came to feel more responsible for any hardship or trouble my career caused my family.
Annette Funicello
37.
Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock.
Annette Funicello
