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" I think the most interesting New Yorkers are the people who were not born here. "
Elaine Stritch
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" I have not had any of that surgical stuff. I am too curious to find out exactly how I progress every day of my life naturally. That is what fascinates me. "
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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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" There's certainly nothing lasting and definite about the theater. "
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" Talent is very dangerous. It alienates people. "
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" I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at. "
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" Isn't this fantastic, what a star I am? "
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" These performers that go on about their technique and craft - oh, puleeze! How boring! I don't know what 'technique' means. But I do know what experience is. "
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" I compare Stephen Sondheim with humor, because humor is unanalyzable. You can't analyze humor. You just have to get through it. "
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" I do believe in the infallibility of the Pope, because I think we have to believe in something. "
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" I love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world! "
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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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" I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working. "
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" I'm loaded with talent. "
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" I always say, 'If you can't give a reason for the banana peel being in the alley, then don't have the comic slide over it.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy. "
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" If I see someone saying the rosary in the wings, I know they've got talent. "
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" I love New York. I went to New York to become an actress, and I did it. And I won all the awards known to man. And I'm happy. And I came home. I came, I saw, I conquered. And it feels great. "
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" I just serve others through entertaining. That's when I am happy. "
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" Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time. "
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" Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life. "
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" I think taking care of yourself, health-wise, in every way, is a 100 percent winner. "
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" As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times. "
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" Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me. "
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" There were a lot of lyrics that I sang but didn't understand. But I had this facade in performance of looking like I wrote the book. "
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