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" The arts need funding. "
Julie Andrews
Funding
Arts
Need
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" You can't bring the arts too soon to kids. "
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" Did you ever notice the color of Mary Poppins' petticoats? They were kind of orange and apricot and red. I think she had a secret life going on there. "
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Orange
You
" 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. "
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Way
" I miss singing with an orchestra because that's the most uplifting thing that I ever knew. It is just such a fabulous feeling. "
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Fabulous
Feeling
" I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it. "
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Thought
Broadway
" I had a teacher who stressed for me the importance of diction in terms of... I want to be very careful about how I say this... in terms of supporting one's voice when one is singing. In other words, if you hold on to your words, your voice will pull through for you when you're singing. So be true to your vowels. "
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Voice
Words
Me
" I think birth and motherhood are not things that you're trained to do. You might have a good example in your own mum, but nobody teaches you how to be a really great mum. "
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Good
Great
Motherhood
" I had a lot of learning on my feet. "
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Feet
Lot
" For me, whenever I choose a song to sing, it's about the lyric first. "
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Sing
Song
" I love my garden. I love my privacy. I'm very fierce about it. I try not to let too many people into my home. That's my private place. "
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Try
Place
People
" Singing has been a cherished gift, and my inability to sing has been a devastating blow. "
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Gift
Singing
Sing
" 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. "
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Better
Wish
Mother
" Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands. "
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Hands
Utterly
Safe
" I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career. "
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Singing
Adore
Love
" I was always told I was not pretty enough. "
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Pretty
Enough
Always
" 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. "
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Sound
Beautiful
Gifts
" 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. "
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Girl
Fun
Life
" I don't want to be thought of as wholesome. "
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Wholesome
Want
Thought
" Who would have thought that a story about a professor of phonetics would result in it being probably one of the great shows ever for musical theatre? It's a seemingly odd subject. "
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Result
Thought
Theatre
" I think any director is intimidating. "
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Think
Director
I Think
" I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth. "
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After
Elizabeth
Grandmothers
" All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time. "
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Like
Down
Go
" I did all of my learning on 'My Fair Lady.' "
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Did
Fair
Learning
" I don't think I have the image that say, Judy Garland has, or Bette Davis. "
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Bette Davis
Think
Garland
" When one door closes, another window opens. "
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Another
Door
Closes
" Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves. "
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Wave
You
Hands
" Much as I adore the melodies, I choose a song for what it has to say. "
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Song
Say