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

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" I hate the word wholesome. "

" There are elements of me in the roles I've played in the past. But people forget that Mary Poppins was just a role, too. "

" I think any director is intimidating. "

" I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career. "

" I was always told I was not pretty enough. "

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

" Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. "

" On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter. "

" I do get a lot of gifts. I get a lot of things to sign, too. People do collect the memorabilia. Between 'Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music,' there were beautiful plates that they made, and I've signed a lot of them. "

" I know I probably have a lot of rage in me that I don't show. But I'm not about to wallow in it or reveal it. "

" The arts are usually the first thing to be cut in schools or regional programs. "

" In my life, it would probably be giving birth to my daughter. That probably is the most, the thing that moved me the most, was the most memorable, the most wonderful, the most miraculous. I think a lot of women would probably feel that way, too. "

" Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing. "

" A lot of films seem to go to the lowest common denominator. "

" I am an optimistic lady. "

" The arts need funding. "

" And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy. "

" My voice needed oiling, and then it took off. "

" My mum gave me pretty good genes in that department. She had gorgeous skin. That good English complexion. She never seemed to have a blemish that I knew of. "

" I've always seen the cup as half-full. "

" The loveliest roles, for me, have a growth arc - a beginning, a middle, and an end - and I'm always grateful when I can find one of those emotional journeys. "

" I'm not very good with some of the more modern songs that have an awful lot of 'doo wah wahs,' if you know what I mean, because I can't do anything with them. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I do wish somewhere there was a film of our stage production of 'My Fair Lady.' "

" My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself. "

" I was a very sad little girl. "

" 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. "

" For me, whenever I choose a song to sing, it's about the lyric first. "