Doris Day Quotes
I’ve been through everything. I always said I was like those round-bottomed circus dolls - you know, those dolls you could push down and they’d come back up? I’ve always been like that. I’ve always said, 'No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I’m going to come right back up.'
Doris Day
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I’ve been through everything. I always said I was like those round-bottomed circus dolls - you know, those dolls you could push down and they’d come back up? I’ve always been like that. I’ve always said, 'No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I’m going to come right back up.'
Doris Day
