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" I like being talked about. I think some people really don't... because they're secure enough and they don't need that. "
Elaine Stritch
Enough
Think
Some People
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" What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what the government is talking about when the government tells me about taxes. "
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" I could have made a lot of money doing 'Golden Girls,' and I would have been good. But the image of it! And for me to work with Betty White every day would be like taking cyanide. "
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" I love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world! "
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" Diabetes is a lousy, lousy disease. "
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" My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting. "
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" This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you get it. "
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" When the hospital sends for me, when the ambulance comes and I ease my way out of the world, I'd rather be in Detroit, Michigan, than Lenox Hill. "
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" I never thought about living in New York. I just thought it was great. "
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" All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff. "
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" I like celebrities. I love people who are famous. Always have. "
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" You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny. "
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" Fans recognize me all over the place. But the second you need anything, they're never around! They're like the police! "
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" I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it. "
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" I mention I'm going home, and I'm a star immediately! This used to happen with my boyfriends - as soon as I'd say, 'I gotta go home now,' they fell in love. "
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" If I see a great performance on television, onstage, in the movies, I go to work the next day with a renewed energy and less fear. These great artists take me out of my life and make me want to go there. "
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