Elaine Stritch Quotes
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I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.
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If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
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I have spent a lot of time listening to people who are serving life sentences and getting to know them and the circumstances of their lives. I have never met anyone serving a long prison sentence who had anything close to what I could call a childhood; instead, the upbringings always - always - involve extreme situations of poverty and abuse.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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I never gave it that much thought to pursue acting or anything, but I would definitely be a Bond girl if they asked me. For sure - I would make a great evil Bond girl!
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.
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I don't think young men or women should feel pressured into marriage. You shouldn't marry anyone, in my opinion, who you have to try hard for.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
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When we're back home, I feel pretty domesticated.
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In most cases, my favorite Jethro Tull songs will be determined by how I feel about them as live performance songs, not by the recorded identity.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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'Twilight' fans are different. They're very civil with one another. It's a respect because they're all in this together and they all appreciate the same things.
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How can we reinterpret 3-D printing in a way that suggests a new design language?
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It's my first love what I dreaming of when I go to bed, when I lay my head upon my pillow.
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I definitely see myself as an international musician. When I play, I respect the source of the music, whether it's Cuban, Brazilian or Israeli. I try to bring that to all of the music I play. Music has no borders and no flags.
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I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony.
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I'm funny when I want to be. And I'm even funny when I don't want to be.
