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" I had a teacher who stressed for me the importance of diction in terms of... I want to be very careful about how I say this... in terms of supporting one's voice when one is singing. In other words, if you hold on to your words, your voice will pull through for you when you're singing. So be true to your vowels. "

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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. "

Julie Andrews

Opportunity

Yourself

Past

" Whenever I think of my birthplace, Walton-on-Thames, my reference first and foremost is the river. I love the smell of the river; love its history, its gentleness. I was aware of its presence from my earliest years. Its majesty centered me, calmed me, was a solace to a certain extent. "

Julie Andrews

River

Love

" I've always admired gardens. My father was a great nature lover and would always take me for walks. We lived not too far away from huge rhododendron estates and azalea estates, and when they're in bloom in England, they're just riotous. "

Julie Andrews

Far

Far Away

" You just don't know in life. Life knocks you about and pushes you over boundaries. But be ready. Do your homework; that's all I can say. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Julie Andrews

Soul

Lost

" The arts need funding. "

" I had a lot of learning on my feet. "

" I was always told I was not pretty enough. "

" I think birth and motherhood are not things that you're trained to do. You might have a good example in your own mum, but nobody teaches you how to be a really great mum. "

" I am an optimistic lady. "

Julie Andrews

I Am

Lady

" All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. "

" 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. "

" You'd think, of course, it's about the melody - that's a given. But really, I'm no good at singing a song unless it has a good lyric. "

" I justified working so hard by knowing that I was helping to maintain the roof over our heads. "

" Truthfully, I mostly can be as private as I want. "

" 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. "

" I seem to be very busy, and I seem always to be working. "

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

" I'm not very good with rap and things like that. "

" Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it. "

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

" I'm resilient, and I'm professional. "

Julie Andrews

Professional

Resilient

" 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. "

" I'm the lucky one who got asked to do 'The Sound of Music' and all the other lovely things that I did. "

" 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? "

" I do not knock 'Poppins' or 'The Sound of Music.' They gave me pleasure, and I know they've given a lot of people enormous pleasure. "

" I think any director is intimidating. "

" 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. "