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

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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. "

" 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. "

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

" I had no education whatsoever, and my mother said, 'Oh, you'll get a much better education in life.' I did to some extent, though I always wish I could have tried it. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I was a very sad little girl. "

" 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 think it's the essence of any film and any stage production - any work where you do work with other people - of course collaboration is hugely important. One does, for awhile, become family. "

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

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

" I'm never sure one is exactly ready. You jump in, with both feet, into a very big fish pond. "

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

" Touring itself - and I was very young, and a lot of it I did by myself - it's lonely, but it does give you some kind of spine, I think. It does give you some kind of grit. "

" Singing has never been particularly easy for me. "

" I hate the word wholesome. "

" I would be a fool to deny my own abilities. "

" When one door closes, another window opens. "

" In my early years, I was much too ignorant and didn't realize how desperately important it all is, how really important the lyrics are. And for me as a singer, I am a lady who takes the lyrics first. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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'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. "