All Ethel Merman Quotes
Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced.
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I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes.
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I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me.
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There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions.
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I was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912. But what difference does it make as long as I feel 33?
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I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano.
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Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver.
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I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals.
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Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them.
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I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me.
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I have plenty of invitations to go places, lots to do. If I'm not working, I go to have my hair taken care of and work at needlepoint.
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I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.
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The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now.
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