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Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

Doris Day

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Doris Day
Age: 97 †
Born: 1922
Born: January 1
Died: 2019
Died: May 13
Actor
Actress
Autobiographer
Film Actor
Jazz Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Television Actor
Television Producer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Doris Mary Kappelhoff
Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff
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I love all the shows that encourage people to love, appreciate and help animals. There are more programs about animals than ever, and that pleases me.
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The one radio voice that I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald. There was a quality to her voice that fascinated me, and I'd sing along with her, trying to catch the subtle ways she shaded her voice, the casual yet clean way she sang the words.
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No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I’m going to come right back up.
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in the press, my sex life was something else again. I was Lady Bountiful of the Sheets. Some of the best fiction of the Sixties was written about my amorous adventures with an assortment of lovers who could have only been chosen by a berserk random sampler.
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A person does not leave a good marriage for someone else.
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I liked being married instead of the girl who's looking for a guy.
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I'm not going to go around with a long face - that's a waste of time
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When I see Liz Taylor with those Harry Winston boulders hanging from her neck I get nauseated. Not figuratively, but nauseated! All I can think of are how many dog shelters those diamonds could buy.
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The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band.
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DAY: I have a good job, a lovely apartment, I go out with very nice men to the best places, the finest restaurants, the theater. What am I missing? RITTER: If you hove to ask, believe me, you're missing it.
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If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.
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I always feel a rise in my scalp or in the backs of my wrists when something is special, whether it be a song or a man.
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When I recorded for Columbia, I could usually do anything in one take...I would invariably want to use the first take because that would be the one that was spontaneous and fresh.
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I always felt that making a living wasn't the easiest thing in the world, and I decided I was going straight ahead and try to be as uncomplicated as possible. The important thing in life is just living and loving.
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If a man does something silly, people say, 'Isn't he silly?' If a woman does something silly, people say, 'Aren't women silly?
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I had a wonderful family including my aunts, uncles and cousins but they've all gone to heaven.
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Killing an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn't meant to be, and we have no right to do it.
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If so many people love me, how come I'm alone?
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I couldn't walk for almost three years. That was the greatest thing that happened. Instead of dancing, I sang.
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I don't even like parties.
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