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" You can't bring the arts too soon to kids. "

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" I really feel very blessed, and I don't forget it, either; there's an awful lot of wonderful talent in this world, and I just seem to be in the right place at the right time. "

" I didn't know other children from divorced families, and I was a bit of a lost soul for a while. Then suddenly, I was performing. And it gave me an identity. "

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

" I hate the word wholesome. "

" Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. "

" Singing has never been particularly easy for me. "

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

" Every time I go out to perform, believe me. You never lose that fear of, 'I hope I do it right. I hope I don't fall flat on my face. I hope this will be good for them.' "

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

" Marriage is the hardest work you're ever going to do. "

" Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside. "

" I did 'My Fair Lady' for almost 3 1/2 years, eight performances a week. It was a marathon. "

" I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth. "

" I did all of my learning on 'My Fair Lady.' "

" 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. "

" When you are traveling in vaudeville, you experience so many different kinds of audiences, depending on what time of the week it is, how long the pubs have been open, and things like that. "

" I miss singing with an orchestra because that's the most uplifting thing that I ever knew. It is just such a fabulous feeling. "

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

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

" I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it's all about. "

" I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" My parents were in Vaudeville, in musical. And I would tour with them and had a couple of wonderfully lucky breaks in England. "

" 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. "