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" 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. "

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

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

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

" More than anything, the arts are the best teaching tool. "

" I was a very sad little girl. "

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

" The arts need funding. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I come from a long line of below-stairs maids and gardeners. Good ol' peasant stock. My mother and her sister made a quantum leap out of that life. Then I made another quantum leap. "

" Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Actually, I had a lot of good people with me - my mother's sister did a lot of taking care of me, and I suppose I got more attention than my stepbrothers because at least I got to travel with my parents. "

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

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

" I miss singing with an orchestra because that's the most uplifting thing that I ever knew. It is just such a fabulous feeling. "

" 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. "

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

" Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside. "

" I really feel very blessed, and I don't forget it, either; there's an awful lot of wonderful talent in this world, and I just seem to be in the right place at the right time. "

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

" You'd think, of course, it's about the melody - that's a given. But really, I'm no good at singing a song unless it has a good lyric. "

" I hate the word wholesome. "

" I did all of my learning on 'My Fair Lady.' "

" 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. "

" I love that President and Mrs. Obama are embracing the arts. I am so delighted. "