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" All we have is today. Just live it. We don't know about tomorrow. So, enjoy the day. Love yourself, and spread love around. "
Live
Day
Love
" At 91, every day is a birthday. "
Birthday
Day
Every
" Because of the power of television, I was visible to everybody all over the world. But there are many things in the theater that are more fulfilling and that I look forward to doing more. But really, I love it all: theater, film, television. "
Look
Forward
World
" Being an actor is not like any other job. It's not easy. "
Other
Being
Easy
" Gee whiz, I know that some movie stars don't like to be bothered, but I don't mind. I think it's part of the package, and it's not a bother. "
Bother
Think
Stars
" I always learned to be philanthropic... to give back. "
Back
Always
Give
" I always like to do serious plays. "
Serious
Always
Like
" I felt inferior. I had this tremendous need to perform. I wanted to be acceptable to my peers. I thought if I could just be a big star, I'd feel like somebody, too. "
Peers
Thought
Need
" I have wonderful friends. I'm not just a lonely old lady. "
Lonely
Lady
Friends
" I'm not a religious freak, but I do believe that there is a higher power. "
Freak
Religious
Power
" I wanted to be a serious actress and do all the classics. "
Wanted
Actress
Classics
" I want to tell everybody to celebrate every day, to savor the day and be good to yourself, love yourself, and then you can be good to others and be of service to others. "
Day
Yourself
You
" I was doing a lot of drama until I took the comedy role in the series 'Car 54, Where Are You?,' and I've been tagged as a comedian ever since. "
Car
Role
Drama
" My family was very loving but also very superstitious. My mother was always telling us, 'Don't walk under a ladder or you'll have bad luck,' or, 'If you spill salt, be sure and toss a pinch over your shoulder, or you're in trouble.' "
Mother
Walk
Loving
" Parents must lay down ground rules for their children to help them to grow up and to learn responsibility for their actions. They must learn to stand on their own two feet. "
Children
Help
Parents
" People of a certain age still remember me as Edna Garrett. They often want to give me a hug because the character was so warm and nurturing. I don't mind at all. I think it's very nice. "
Age
Character
Me
" So many of the people who I played opposite, or just worked with, became friends forever. "
Just
Friends
People
" Superstitions actually played a big role in my life. I wouldn't even go on a casting call if I had a hunch that it was an 'unlucky' day. "
Day
Life
My Life
" Television does devour you because you have all sorts of responsibilities, and I really needed to renew myself. I think I owed it to myself. So I honored myself and quit. I think that's a wonderful way to put it. "
Television
Think
You
" There's nothing wrong with making people laugh. We all need to laugh. Sometimes I get all these laughs inside of me, and there's no place to let 'em out. "
People
Laugh
Me
" They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so that when I bump into kids on the street they'd say 'I wish my Mom were like you.' "
Cool
You
Wish
" We used to listen to all the marvelous operas on records. Music was a very important part of our lives. "
Important
Listen
Music
" When I moved to New York to start my acting career, I was always very, very careful to walk way around ladders, and black cats could ruin my day. There were many silly things that brought fear into my life. "
Walk
Cats
New York
" When I started out, I wanted to be a serious actor. I never thought I'd get into comedy. "
Never
Thought
Serious
" When I was little, and whenever I had to wear a dress while my mother took up the hem or made any alterations, she told me to keep a thread from the dress in my mouth while she was sewing, and that would keep me from getting stuck by the needle. "
Mother
Dress
Me
" You can take wonderfully talented actors, wonderfully talented writers and producers, and, uh, do a wonderful show!... but if it doesn't hit with the public in two minutes, it's bye-bye. "
Two
You
Take
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