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" I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it. "
Julie Andrews
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Birth
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" I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely. "
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" And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy. "
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" I think I'm just proudest to be the lady who was asked to play Mary Poppins. She's such a wonderful character, and there's so much tremendous talent out there. So I feel very lucky to be the one who got to play her. "
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" I was always told I was not pretty enough. "
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" I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career. "
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" Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it. "
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" Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing. "
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Always
Because
" You take any job that comes along, and if you're really lucky, the movie takes off. "
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" Like most girls, I fantasized about being some sort of a princess. "
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" You can't bring the arts too soon to kids. "
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" I'd love to have a really flourishing vegetable garden, and I'd love to have a better area for a rose garden or a cutting garden, but I don't. You have to develop a garden in the way that it's meant to be developed. "
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" I didn't know other children from divorced families, and I was a bit of a lost soul for a while. Then suddenly, I was performing. And it gave me an identity. "
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" Did you ever notice the color of Mary Poppins' petticoats? They were kind of orange and apricot and red. I think she had a secret life going on there. "
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" There's nothing like the joy of the arts, and promoting the arts early in children is going to give them such a start in life in a way. "
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" I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on. "
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I Am
Woman
" The arts are usually the first thing to be cut in schools or regional programs. "
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Arts
Thing
Cut
" I justified working so hard by knowing that I was helping to maintain the roof over our heads. "
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Hard
Over
" More than anything, the arts are the best teaching tool. "
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" I am an optimistic lady. "
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" If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing. "
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Director
" I was a very sad little girl. "
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Little Girl
" One of our books has been made into a musical, 'The Great American Mousical,' which I directed at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. And another, 'Simeon's Gift,' has been adapted for a symphony orchestra and five performers. I'm also a very proud member of the board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. "
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House
Proud
American
" I'm beginning to think that I like the behind-the-scenes work as much as I do in front of the camera as I get a little bit older. "
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Camera
Beginning
Work
" My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself. "
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Mother
Family
Great
" You're always changing your thoughts about things. "
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Thoughts
Things
" I think any director is intimidating. "
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" How dare one act like a diva when you have a lot of work to do and you need to find your disciplines and so on? "
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" As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually. "
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" 'Simeon's Gift' is really - it's about a musician who - in the Middle Ages, who goes out to find his muse. "
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" I really feel very blessed, and I don't forget it, either; there's an awful lot of wonderful talent in this world, and I just seem to be in the right place at the right time. "
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World
Talent
Place