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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. "
Elaine Stritch
Now
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" I loved being on Broadway, but performing has become exhausting, and I just don't want to live in New York anymore. I'm just sick of the competition in New York, the feeling that I always have to rehearse to keep up my performance. I don't feel like rehearsing, even though it should be my favorite thing in the world to do. "
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" I think it's the wrong way around to say, 'When you get older move to the country.' I think when you get older you move to New York. "
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" I'm a hotel baby, absolutely: it's hard to think of a hotel I haven't stayed in. "
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" I love holidays in New York. I love 'em. I want to celebrate something all the time, and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City. "
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