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" 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. "

Julie Andrews

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Theatre

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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. "

" 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. "

" I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career. "

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

" I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it. "

" I do not knock 'Poppins' or 'The Sound of Music.' They gave me pleasure, and I know they've given a lot of people enormous pleasure. "

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

" I've long wanted to introduce children to the wonder of the arts. "

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me. "

" I am told that the first comprehensible word I uttered as a child was 'home.' "

" Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves. "

" Much as I adore the melodies, I choose a song for what it has to say. "

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

" I justified working so hard by knowing that I was helping to maintain the roof over our heads. "

" 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. "

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

" How dare one act like a diva when you have a lot of work to do and you need to find your disciplines and so on? "