Ethel Merman Quotes
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I think everybody has to be better, right from me out. Everybody has to step up their games for us to be successful here. I've been lucky to be on some good teams over the years and that's what it takes, everybody contributing night after night.
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A 90-minute time frame is not long enough to tell a good female story, and that's why long-format television has become so great for female storytelling and for female performers and directors and writers.
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The only thing I'd ever wanted in my life was to be a major-league ballplayer, but I had to admit to myself that I wasn't good enough. It broke my heart.
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About 10 years ago, I took some vocal lessons. I'll bet that helped. I got a tape of exercises that the girl gave me, which I don't do anymore, but they were good. And I don't smoke.
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Sport's always a good thing - it's healthy, and it takes your mind off other things.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it's as good as a great book of prose literature and by that standard, no, it's not that great.
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Good psychology should include all the methodological techniques, without having loyalty to one method, one idea, or one person.
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I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.
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I'm the worst rider. I'm a terrible rider. Me and horses are not a good mix. For some reason, people are always trying to get me on a horse in a movie.
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Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
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But I'm good to go through my contract with Childress, and my determination is to win races and try to win that other championship.
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You don't think it was because a white man wrote it, a black man wrote it, a green man wrote it. What - doesn't make a difference! Doesn't make a difference. I think he did a good job.
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Obviously, I don't like to use my new celebrity status as a way to get first class service at a restaurant. For me, it's just more special to use it for good.
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I've never seen any character I've ever played as a bad guy or a good guy.
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I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.
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Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard hearts.
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If I was on Broadway, I would want to do anything Vaudeville or a biopic.
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I enjoy a good cliffhanger. As a reader, I relish that nervous feeling you get when you're engrossed in a story, but in the back of your mind you're aware that there aren't that many pages left. How will it end? Everything can't be wrapped up! This can't end! Then it does, and your heart seems to stop.
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Sleep and I do not have a good relationship. We have never been good friends. I am constantly chasing sleep and then pushing it away. A good night's sleep is my white whale. Like Ahab, I am also a total drama queen about it. I love to talk about how little sleep I get. I brag about it, as if it is a true indication of how hard I work.
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What we need to do is stand up for ourselves when we're unfairly treated.
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I sang in 'Waiting for Guffman,' and I sang in 'A Mighty Wind.' I can carry a tune, but I don't like that Broadway singing.
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One of the most powerful feelings in the world is after a really, really long run.
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Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.
