Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I'd say just go with the flow. And I take my hat off to any mother out there who works full-time and raises a family as well. It's hard work. "

Related Quotes:

" My mother was terribly important to me, and I know how much I yearned for her in my youth, but I don't think I truly trusted her. "

" 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. "

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

" Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly. "

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

" I've always admired gardens. My father was a great nature lover and would always take me for walks. We lived not too far away from huge rhododendron estates and azalea estates, and when they're in bloom in England, they're just riotous. "

" The arts need funding. "

" You never start out being a star. "

" I had toured around England endlessly throughout my teens, but when I came to the U.S. to perform on Broadway, that was a huge step. "

" How dare one act like a diva when you have a lot of work to do and you need to find your disciplines and so on? "

" Almost every morning when I go to the studio to work, I discover a fresh rose in the bud vase on my dressing table... one living and vital thing in a dusty arena of powder and tissue and matches and greasepaint. "

" 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. "

" All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time. "

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

" Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it. "

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

" Like most girls, I fantasized about being some sort of a princess. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Some of my own books are being developed - one as a Broadway musical. "

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

" I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare and liveliness, and my father gave me all the sanity and nature and all the things that helped me be a more rounded human being. "

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

" If you've been fortunate enough to do a film that appeals to the entire family, that's the audience that's probably going to come back to you in something else. "

" I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well. "

" 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. "

" I'm the lucky lady that was asked to be in those wonderful iconic pieces. "