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

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" If you're not educated to enjoy the arts, if you're not taken to a concert, or you don't hear something beautiful, you don't know what you're missing. "

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

" I've got a good right hook. "

" The arts bridge cultures; they're good for the economy, and they're good for fostering empathy and decency. "

" As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually. "

" I'm not very good with rap and things like that. "

" 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 think every young girl at some point in her early life wonders what it's like to be a princess. They like the idea of dressing up and the fun of it. "

" When I did 'The Sound of Music' and 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Americanization of Emily,' all three were in the can and had not yet been released. So I was driving around having a fine time learning about how to make movies and enjoying myself enormously, and then they were released, and it was quite an assault, in a way. "

" I had a lot of learning on my feet. "

" 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. "

" I think any director is intimidating. "

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

" I don't want to be thought of as wholesome. "

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

" All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. "

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

" The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same. "

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

" Who could have imagined that life would have taken such marvelous twists and turns or that I would often be so fortunate to be in the right place at the right time? "

" 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. "

" Truthfully, I mostly can be as private as I want. "

" By nature, I really am a fairly bouncy and sunny individual. "

" 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. "

" I think I'm just proudest to be the lady who was asked to play Mary Poppins. She's such a wonderful character, and there's so much tremendous talent out there. So I feel very lucky to be the one who got to play her. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Singing has been a cherished gift, and my inability to sing has been a devastating blow. "