Elaine Stritch Quotes
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I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life!
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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I do like being busy. I'm not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I'm not working.
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It's up to the audience. It always has been.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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If you've got a plot the size of a car or a tiny yard in Italy, you're going to be growing tomatoes and basil and celery and carrots, and everybody is still connected to the land.
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We don't go against the will of the people.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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I feel a physical happiness when spring is coming.
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Let's create a legal system that can work.
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I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.
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I'm proud of my decade-long fight to have all ophthalmologists re-certify, regardless of age.
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There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.
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There is no fun equal to the satisfaction of doing one's best. The things that are most worthwhile in life are really those within the reach of almost every normal human being who cares to seek them out.
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One day I decided that I was beautiful, and so I carried out my life as if I was a beautiful girl. I wear colors that I really like, I wear makeup that makes me feel pretty, and it really helps. It doesn't have anything to do with how the world perceives you. What matters is what you see.
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Writing and Painting are the same for me.
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It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.
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It's very nice to be able to write something you don't have to get four other people to agree with before it can become authoritative.
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All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.
