Ethel Merman Quotes
My career at Warner Brothers consisted of one musical short subject. I was running around in a bear skin. Very chic.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?
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'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
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If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.
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The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish.
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I'm intrigued by films that have a singular vision behind them. A lot of studio movies have ten writers by the time they're done. You have a movie testing 200 times, making adjustments according to various people's opinions. It's difficult to have an undistilled vision.
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I lived in New York City for a while and miss it like it's a person. Although I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, I'm a New Yorker at heart. A stroll through Central Park, a visit to the MET, a show on Broadway. There is no other city like it in the world!
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Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.
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I would love to play a superhero. I sometimes walk around thinking, 'If I were a superhero, what would my superpower be?'
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Everyone has something that they carry always, even if it's just as simple as, 'I hate myself.' Everyone's got a different thing.
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It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photography collage.
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The way the media tends to cover fashion is as this superfluous, vacuous industry. They focus on models and shows, but behind all that is a massive global industry.
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I have a personal trainer. But I tried boxing; I tried ballet. I tried everything to see what works best for my body.
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We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.
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What I find is that when young people find a brand they relate to, that they feel speaks to them, they want it in every format they can get.
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I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson.
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He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.
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I'd worked in Clockwork Orange with Stanley Kubrick and since Stanley was such a prestigious director this opened all sorts of doors for me - one of them being Star Wars.
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Some people like the same thing forever, but I don't know. We kind of, like, listen to loads of different stuff, and our attention spans aren't good enough. So there was a bit of frustration when you're, like, having to play the same thing all the time because we play all, like, loads of different instruments.
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I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!
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My career at Warner Brothers consisted of one musical short subject. I was running around in a bear skin. Very chic.
