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As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times.
Elaine Stritch
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Elaine Stritch
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: February 2
Died: 2014
Died: July 17
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I certainly was not the romantic lead. I couldn't be that, because I was not that good looking. And that is something about Hollywood that I do not like at all. Why can't a woman who is just normally good looking fall in love? I mean, everybody in the movies is so good looking.
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People will always be around to tell you you're no good or you're wrong or unwise to keep doing what you want to do. They're wrong. They're always wrong. Keep going.
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All you have to do is say, 'I'm going home,' and you're the most popular girl at the party.
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I was so happy I didn't have to work that night. That was the truth, because show business is about the hardest profession in the world.
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Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life.
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If somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! You're wasting my time.
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I love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world!
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I've changed a lot, too! I'm different, too. I have far more in some ways to offer and far less in other ways to offer. That's life. And, you know, life goes on!
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For me, going to London is like coming home. In fact, I've often entertained the idea of ending my days there.
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Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.
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I tell the truth, and it has gotten me into a lot of trouble. My dad used to say to me, 'If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.'
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I don't dislike the way I look. I think I look fine. I think I look extraordinary for 88. And I've got energy. Out of my way.
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