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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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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 Actor
Television Producer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Doris Mary Kappelhoff
Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff
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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 couldn't walk for almost three years. That was the greatest thing that happened. Instead of dancing, I sang.
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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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I like to sing love songs.
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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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It has been said that the body is like an automobile - it's yours, but it isn't you.
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A person does not leave a good marriage for someone else.
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Your skin, and your whole body, goes into repair mode when you sleep.
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If so many people love me, how come I'm alone?
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I don't know if I want to get married again.
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I liked being married instead of the girl who's looking for a guy.
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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 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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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 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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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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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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