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" 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. "
Julie Andrews
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" I'm just honored that some of my little contributions I've written with my daughter are doing well. "
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Doing
Well
Daughter
" 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. "
Julie Andrews
Around
Step
Broadway
" There is one thing I should say, and it's important: Young Broadway singers and anybody who is an orator of any kind - lawyers who have to speak in court or pastors or anyone who has a lot of stress on their vocal cords: You should do the maintenance. You should do whatever it takes to feel fresh and good. "
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Good
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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. "
Julie Andrews
Me
Soul
Lost
" Every time I go out to perform, believe me. You never lose that fear of, 'I hope I do it right. I hope I don't fall flat on my face. I hope this will be good for them.' "
Julie Andrews
Fall
Hope
Good
" 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. "
Julie Andrews
Think
Character
Lady
" You're always changing your thoughts about things. "
Julie Andrews
You
Thoughts
Things
" I love that President and Mrs. Obama are embracing the arts. I am so delighted. "
Julie Andrews
Arts
President
Love
" More than anything, the arts are the best teaching tool. "
Julie Andrews
Anything
Arts
More
" Singing has been a cherished gift, and my inability to sing has been a devastating blow. "
Julie Andrews
Gift
Singing
Sing
" My voice needed oiling, and then it took off. "
Julie Andrews
Needed
Then
Took
" I've got a good right hook. "
Julie Andrews
Right
Good
Hook
" I'd say almost that words come first, melody second. "
Julie Andrews
Say
Melody
First
" I grew up knowing only war, so for me, it was the way things were. It wasn't pleasant by any means. "
Julie Andrews
War
Only
Me
" 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. "
Julie Andrews
Know
Doing
You
" 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. "
Julie Andrews
More
Good
Know
" I miss singing with an orchestra because that's the most uplifting thing that I ever knew. It is just such a fabulous feeling. "
Julie Andrews
Singing
Fabulous
Feeling
" 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. "
Julie Andrews
You
Audience
Enough
" The arts bridge cultures; they're good for the economy, and they're good for fostering empathy and decency. "
Julie Andrews
Arts
Good
Empathy
" I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth. "
Julie Andrews
After
Elizabeth
Grandmothers
" By nature, I really am a fairly bouncy and sunny individual. "
Julie Andrews
Individual
Am
Sunny
" I'm the lucky lady that was asked to be in those wonderful iconic pieces. "
Julie Andrews
Lady
Iconic
Lucky
" The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same. "
Julie Andrews
Front
Thrill
Being
" 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. "
Julie Andrews
People
Work
You
" You take any job that comes along, and if you're really lucky, the movie takes off. "
Julie Andrews
Lucky
Job
Along
" I don't think I have the image that say, Judy Garland has, or Bette Davis. "
Julie Andrews
Bette Davis
Think
Garland
" 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. "
Julie Andrews
Good
Great
Motherhood
" I was always told I was not pretty enough. "
Julie Andrews
Pretty
Enough
Always
" Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. "
Julie Andrews
Perseverance
Succeeding
Motivational
" 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. "
Julie Andrews
I Can
Say
Homework