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" I know I probably have a lot of rage in me that I don't show. But I'm not about to wallow in it or reveal it. "

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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. "

" If you're not educated to enjoy the arts, if you're not taken to a concert, or you don't hear something beautiful, you don't know what you're missing. "

" The arts bridge cultures; they're good for the economy, and they're good for fostering empathy and decency. "

" My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself. "

" You never start out being a star. "

" 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. "

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

" I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me. "

" I think any director is intimidating. "

" I love my garden. I love my privacy. I'm very fierce about it. I try not to let too many people into my home. That's my private place. "

" I've got a good right hook. "

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

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

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

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

" Marriage is the hardest work you're ever going to do. "

" If you've been fortunate enough to do a film that appeals to the entire family, that's the audience that's probably going to come back to you in something else. "

" I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it's all about. "

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

" I'm not very good with some of the more modern songs that have an awful lot of 'doo wah wahs,' if you know what I mean, because I can't do anything with them. "

" Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" My voice needed oiling, and then it took off. "

" Almost every morning when I go to the studio to work, I discover a fresh rose in the bud vase on my dressing table... one living and vital thing in a dusty arena of powder and tissue and matches and greasepaint. "