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" New Yorkers stop me on the street all the time to say, 'You're terrific! You're the nuts!' "

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" I think being boring is just the worst sin of all time. "

" When the hospital sends for me, when the ambulance comes and I ease my way out of the world, I'd rather be in Detroit, Michigan, than Lenox Hill. "

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" Talent is very dangerous. It alienates people. "

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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. "

" I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do. "

" There's something that really frightens me - and that's fear. "

" Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.' "

" I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it. "

" I care about money, very much. I want it. I don't ever want to be without it. My mother once said about me, 'Elaine has to have money.' "

" As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times. "

" I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired. "

" My biggest dream was to get out of Michigan - to discover life beyond the Sacred Heart Convent. "

" 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. "

" All you have to do is say, 'I'm going home,' and you're the most popular girl at the party. "

" I mention I'm going home, and I'm a star immediately! This used to happen with my boyfriends - as soon as I'd say, 'I gotta go home now,' they fell in love. "

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" Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives. "

" Let me tell you about those convents. All that crap about extending the pinkie finger while sipping tea is a myth. Convent schools are breeding grounds for great broads and occasionally one-of-the-boys. Convent schools teach you to play against everything, which is what I'm still doing. "

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" If I see someone saying the rosary in the wings, I know they've got talent. "