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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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Doris Day
Age: 97 †
Born: 1922
Born: January 1
Died: 2019
Died: May 13
Actor
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Film Actor
Jazz Musician
Recording Artist
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Television Actor
Television Producer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Doris Mary Kappelhoff
Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff
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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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I've never met an animal I didn't like, and I can't say the same thing about people.
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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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The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band.
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Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.
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I don't know if I want to get married again.
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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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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 couldn't walk for almost three years. That was the greatest thing that happened. Instead of dancing, I sang.
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Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.
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It's quite an experience to have filming done in your house. When they come in, they photograph every piece of furniture and where it is so they can get them back exactly where you had them. You'd never know they'd been here.
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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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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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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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