Ethel Merman Quotes
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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You know, I don't really understand a suburban environment. I want to be out in the woods, I want to be where it's wild, I want to wake up and hear birds, I want to walk outside and see a gaggle of turkeys bouncing across my lawn - I want to be someplace like that - or I want to be right in the middle of an urban environment.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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Like most writers, I've read a lot of Hemingway, and I admire him greatly.
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You like the style of the people you like because it reflects something inside them.
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It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie.
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I'm marriable. But I'm not married.
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I believe that God made this wonderful universe and all that exists.
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I'm not a very organized person.
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I'm quite glad I never learned to play the guitar, because I think I'd write songs that were more classically structured. As it is, I've had to create my own way of writing, which isn't typical. Everything's a big crescendo.
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The nurses were all angels in my eyes.
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I'm trying to figure out the biology of dinosaurs and what they were like as living creatures.
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And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.
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You know, I still live in my neighborhood. I live in Brooklyn and the same neighborhood, so I don't really get star treatment like that. I'm still Vanessa from the neighborhood.
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Nicht das Bewußtsein bestimmt das Leben, sondern das Leben bestimmt das Bewußtsein.
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I've been really, really fortunate.
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Every time I copy something, I can draw it for the rest of my life. But research is so painful - I mean just opening up a magazine looking for a picture of a car or looking out the window looking for a car is just hard!
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I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music.
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I am a strong woman. I come from a background as a prosecutor.
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If you don't have the time or desire to do whatever is being asked of you, say, 'no.' Even if you want to bake those cookies for your kid's fundraiser or take on a new freelancing gig, sometimes you just have to politely decline until you do have the extra time. The other party may be disappointed, but it's not the end of the world.
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Once I had the attention, all I had to do was deliver.
