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" I love that President and Mrs. Obama are embracing the arts. I am so delighted. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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

" I've long wanted to introduce children to the wonder of the arts. "

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

" 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 grew up knowing only war, so for me, it was the way things were. It wasn't pleasant by any means. "

" When you are traveling in vaudeville, you experience so many different kinds of audiences, depending on what time of the week it is, how long the pubs have been open, and things like that. "

" I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect. "

" I was a child prodigy who had a freak voice of something like four octaves. "

" My mum gave me pretty good genes in that department. She had gorgeous skin. That good English complexion. She never seemed to have a blemish that I knew of. "

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

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

" 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 don't want to be thought of as wholesome. "

" I would be a fool to deny my own abilities. "

" Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing. "

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

" I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth. "

" I am an optimistic lady. "

" I think any director is intimidating. "

" I come from a long line of below-stairs maids and gardeners. Good ol' peasant stock. My mother and her sister made a quantum leap out of that life. Then I made another quantum leap. "

" A lot of my life happened in great, wonderful bursts of good fortune, and then I would race to be worthy of it. "

" I'm never sure one is exactly ready. You jump in, with both feet, into a very big fish pond. "

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

" You're always changing your thoughts about things. "

" I turned down 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brody' with Maggie Smith. I think she got the Academy Award. "

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