Doris Day Quotes
The succession of cheerful, period musicals I made, plus Oscar Levant's widely publicized remark about my virginity, contributed to what has been called my "image", which is a word that baffles me. There never was any intent on my part either in my acting or in my private life to create any such thing as an image.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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I've always been taught that hard work doesn't fail.
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Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
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I've never asked a player if they would sign my shoe.
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The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
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This man who was my father's age hit me hard on my head when I was 17. I started bleeding. I took out my sandal and hit his head hard, and he started to bleed, too.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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Too clever is dumb.
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People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture.
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Using music to promote hate seems to be the bastardisation of music to me.
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If you have a wormhole, then you can turn them into time machines for going backward in time.
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No man has the right to use the great powers of the Presidency to lead the people, indirectly, into war.
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George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have monarchs it would be hard to find a better one.
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The succession of cheerful, period musicals I made, plus Oscar Levant's widely publicized remark about my virginity, contributed to what has been called my "image", which is a word that baffles me. There never was any intent on my part either in my acting or in my private life to create any such thing as an image.
