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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.
Doris Day
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Doris Day
Age: 97 †
Born: 1922
Born: January 1
Died: 2019
Died: May 13
Actor
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Film Actor
Jazz Musician
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Television Producer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Doris Mary Kappelhoff
Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff
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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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The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band.
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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 liked being married instead of the girl who's looking for a guy.
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I don't know if I want to get married again.
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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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Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.
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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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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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The succession of cheerful, period musicals I made, plus Oscar Levant's widely publicized remark about my virginity, contributed to what has been called my image, which is a word that baffles me. There never was any intent on my part either in my acting or in my private life to create any such thing as an image.
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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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Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.
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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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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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I don't even like parties.
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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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I am deeply grateful to the President and to my country. ... To come from Cincinnati, Ohio, for God's sake, then to go to Hollywood, and to get this kind of tribute from my country. ... I love this country so much.
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I've been through everything. I always said I was like those round-bottomed circus dolls — you know, those dolls you could push down and they'd come back up? I've always been like that. I've always said, No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I'm going to come right back up.
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I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source.
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