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" 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

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" I'm beginning to think that I like the behind-the-scenes work as much as I do in front of the camera as I get a little bit older. "

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

" I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like. "

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

" 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. "

" Who could have imagined that life would have taken such marvelous twists and turns or that I would often be so fortunate to be in the right place at the right time? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Let me put it this way: I can sing a hell of an 'Old Man River,' way down in the bass. "

" You take any job that comes along, and if you're really lucky, the movie takes off. "

" I had no education whatsoever, and my mother said, 'Oh, you'll get a much better education in life.' I did to some extent, though I always wish I could have tried it. "

" I'd love to have a really flourishing vegetable garden, and I'd love to have a better area for a rose garden or a cutting garden, but I don't. You have to develop a garden in the way that it's meant to be developed. "

" Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands. "

" My parents were in Vaudeville, in musical. And I would tour with them and had a couple of wonderfully lucky breaks in England. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I am thrilled to be dame. It's one of those - the fact that you have been honored by your country is what it's all about, and it just feels good right there. "

" 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. "

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

" I've made my pact with the Lord for the next lifetime. I would love to be a first-class musician. A super one. "

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" 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 am told that the first comprehensible word I uttered as a child was 'home.' "

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

" When I've least expected it, an enormous opportunity or stroke of luck has crossed right under my nose. So I tell everybody, if you're passionate about what you do and you love it, do it. But do your homework. Because you'll never know when the opportunity is going to happen. "

" Our first visit to the Creature Shop is one of the days I will never, ever forget. There was just so much to see and admire and be gobsmacked by. "

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

" Programs that bring the arts to young kids are always the first to be cut. It's mind-boggling to me. "

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