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" I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well. "

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" I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it. "

" Who would have thought that a story about a professor of phonetics would result in it being probably one of the great shows ever for musical theatre? It's a seemingly odd subject. "

" I've got a good right hook. "

" The arts are usually the first thing to be cut in schools or regional programs. "

" I think any director is intimidating. "

" I do get a lot of gifts. I get a lot of things to sign, too. People do collect the memorabilia. Between 'Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music,' there were beautiful plates that they made, and I've signed a lot of them. "

" I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career. "

" And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy. "

" The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same. "

" I think it's the essence of any film and any stage production - any work where you do work with other people - of course collaboration is hugely important. One does, for awhile, become family. "

" You can't bring the arts too soon to kids. "

" All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time. "

" Touring itself - and I was very young, and a lot of it I did by myself - it's lonely, but it does give you some kind of spine, I think. It does give you some kind of grit. "

" Singing has been a cherished gift, and my inability to sing has been a devastating blow. "

" I'm just honored that some of my little contributions I've written with my daughter are doing well. "

" My mother and stepfather were in Vaudeville. And my stepfather was an alcoholic. It was a lot of roller coaster times. But it's all I knew. I think they did the best they could under the circumstances, with me and all the family. "

" I don't think I have the image that say, Judy Garland has, or Bette Davis. "

" I'd say just go with the flow. And I take my hat off to any mother out there who works full-time and raises a family as well. It's hard work. "

" I had toured around England endlessly throughout my teens, but when I came to the U.S. to perform on Broadway, that was a huge step. "

" A lot of films seem to go to the lowest common denominator. "

" I'm the lucky lady that was asked to be in those wonderful iconic pieces. "

" Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. "

" I did 'My Fair Lady' for almost 3 1/2 years, eight performances a week. It was a marathon. "

" I love to prune my roses. That's the one thing I really feel I do pretty well. Other things I usually, because I travel so much, leave to my gardeners who know what I love. But I do love to prune them, because you forget everything else. It's like if you're a painter, you can forget everything else while you're doing it. "

" Much as I adore the melodies, I choose a song for what it has to say. "

" The loveliest roles, for me, have a growth arc - a beginning, a middle, and an end - and I'm always grateful when I can find one of those emotional journeys. "

" More than anything, the arts are the best teaching tool. "

" Some of my own books are being developed - one as a Broadway musical. "

" 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. "

" The arts need funding. "