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" I wanted to have no ribs. I wore what was called a waist-nipper in those days. My mother made it. It's a piece of rubber band I wore around to hold my rib cage in. I don't know why I always loved that. I guess I was a glutton for punishment. I think I was born one of those people who loved swords and fought in armor. "

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" I had a normal life; we didn't meet movie stars. We lived in Texas where you had rollerskates, and if you got a bicycle, that was a very big gift. "

Debbie Reynolds

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Bicycle

Texas

" Liberace - or Lee, as us friends called him - was great. He was gay, you know. "

" My marriages have been one of the greatest voids in my life. "

" You don't get there the easy way. If you feel sorry for yourself, and you let yourself go down, you will drown. "

" I've always been a good mother, but I've always been in show business, and I've been on stage, and I don't bake cookies and I don't stay home. "

" I always feel, as a mother does, that I protect her. Who will do that when I'm gone? "

" Everything about the studio was enormous. You walked through the gates of iron, and it was palatial looking. The first day, I was introduced to Clark Gable. He said, 'Hello, kid. Welcome to MGM. I'm just leaving.' "

" We were very old-fashioned. My preacher at church told me I could not go in to the movies because it would make me a 'wanton woman.' "

Debbie Reynolds

Woman

Because

" I like being a Girl Scout. "

Debbie Reynolds

Girl

Being A Girl

" My son, Todd Fisher- he has been such a wonderful son and brother. "

" All the training at MGM came to be a great help for me on 'Molly Brown.' "

" 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' was my favorite for me to be in because it was all dancing. There were other musicals that I made with Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly that were wonderful pictures, and we had a lot of fun making them. "

" All of my husbands have robbed me blind. "

" My husbands all repeatedly said the same thing - that I was not a very passionate woman. "

" I love having my ghosts, and I love having my memories. "

" Manic depressive is a disease. "

" I've had to walk through a lot of my tears. "

" I believed that the husband takes care of the family, and the wife takes care of him, and they are true to each other. I know that sounds a romantic illusion, but it can be true. "

" Everyone I dated was gay. "

" I went to the school of hard knocks. "

" We all knew each other in the neighborhood. I loved living in El Paso. I had a wonderful childhood there. "

" As a parent, you must give your opinion. And if that causes a breach, then it causes a breach. "

" When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do. "

" Those were hard times, but I loved living there. I would walk on the tracks, hopping, skipping. I enjoyed the neighborhood, I enjoyed El Paso. I remember being chased by tumbleweeds on windy days; they came up to my neck. "

" It seemed that I was more interested in raising my children, not in pursuing my husbands. "

" It took, like, 30 years for Carrie to be really happy with me. I don't know what the problem ever was. I've had to work at it. "

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Know

" He caressed my backside. I had heard that he was famous for his 'admiration' of the ladies, but I didn't expect him to be handling my booty. As handsome as Prince Philip is, I wasn't sure if he was making a pass or just exercising some royal rights to squeeze the foreigners. "

" We were rather poor, but we always had what we needed. "

" You all know who she is. There's very little she isn't. "

" Carrie is my child, and I love her with every ounce of strength I possess. "