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" Everything about the studio was enormous. You walked through the gates of iron, and it was palatial looking. The first day, I was introduced to Clark Gable. He said, 'Hello, kid. Welcome to MGM. I'm just leaving.' "

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" I've always been a good mother, but I've always been in show business, and I've been on stage, and I don't bake cookies and I don't stay home. "

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" I like being a Girl Scout. "

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" Every performer should learn a little bit of everything. "

" I believed that the husband takes care of the family, and the wife takes care of him, and they are true to each other. I know that sounds a romantic illusion, but it can be true. "

" It's not natural to outlive your child. This has always been my greatest fear. "

" The only way to make it through life is to fight. "

" We were very old-fashioned. My preacher at church told me I could not go in to the movies because it would make me a 'wanton woman.' "

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" Well, one of the things I did was recreate her home in my home. "

" I just think my life's been really blessed, because being in show business, I've met wonderful people, and I've traveled all over the world. "

" I'm going to stay on stage until I drop dead. Then I'm going to have myself stuffed, like Trigger, and I'm going to put me in a museum. "

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" I don't have an agent - I have the William Morris Agency. "

" My marriages have been one of the greatest voids in my life. "

" My mother, Maxine, was married at 16 to my father Raymond, and in 56 years together, he was the only man she ever had. "

" Everyone I dated was gay. "

" I wanted to have no ribs. I wore what was called a waist-nipper in those days. My mother made it. It's a piece of rubber band I wore around to hold my rib cage in. I don't know why I always loved that. I guess I was a glutton for punishment. I think I was born one of those people who loved swords and fought in armor. "

" Hollywood has been an enormous part of my life, as I know it has been for countless fans all over the world. "

" I love having my ghosts, and I love having my memories. "

" I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well. "

" I had a normal life; we didn't meet movie stars. We lived in Texas where you had rollerskates, and if you got a bicycle, that was a very big gift. "

" I don't think you can ever be bitter about anything, because if you don't allow your heart to stay open, then all you have is a filled heart of hate and bitterness, and you're never able to love or like anybody. "

" I spent some special years in my hometown of El Paso. "

" I miss the movies. Still, I understood that my kind of movie has had its day. I thought it was over for me. "

" So many things that happen to you are so dreadful, it's important to have a sense of humour. "

" We were rather poor, but we always had what we needed. "

" You don't get there the easy way. If you feel sorry for yourself, and you let yourself go down, you will drown. "

" As a parent, you must give your opinion. And if that causes a breach, then it causes a breach. "

" We didn't have any real proper school. We did not have a place to go to learn to dance and the joy of dancing. "

" I have very poor taste in men, and I married all the wrong men. "

" We were very poor, and I entered a talent contest as a young teenager because if you entered, even if you didn't win, they gave you a free blouse. "

" Fred Astaire was retired when he worked in 'The Pleasure of His Company.' They were lucky to get him to play the father part. "