Mary Martin Quotes
Sometimes I think that I cheated my own family and my closest friends by giving to audiences so much of the love I might have kept for them. But that’s the way I was made; I truly don't think I could help it
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I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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When I look back at where I came from, at the school I attended... my classmates for the most part haven't had successful paths - many have had a difficult, chaotic path.
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If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that road, why don't you pick a transvestite?
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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A good leader must be fair.
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It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.
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Learning options will indeed mushroom for business students and leaders, but it will take prudence and shrewdness to find and utilize the best option.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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I try to consider each body of work on its own terms, discretely, so terms like 'sculpture' or 'photography', in their broad sense, don't really enter into my thinking.
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Your life continues in those who continue the revolution.
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Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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I am very proud of what 'Johnny' achieved in stand-up comedy because he believed entirely in giving an audience the best kick he could. But he was someone who was quite detrimental to my health, both emotionally and physically.
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The artist in me welcomes another opportunity to be creative.
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Planting native species in our gardens and communities is increasingly important, because indigenous insects, birds and wildlife rely on them. Over thousands, and sometimes millions, of years they have co-evolved to live in local climate and soil conditions.
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I'm sixty-eight, I cry every chance I can.
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Sometimes I think that I cheated my own family and my closest friends by giving to audiences so much of the love I might have kept for them. But that’s the way I was made; I truly don't think I could help it
