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Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life.
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 don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.
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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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I don't want to see a movie twice. I don't want to do anything twice.
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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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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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This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you get it.
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I compare Stephen Sondheim with humor, because humor is unanalyzable. You can't analyze humor. You just have to get through it.
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I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.
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The terrifying thing in my life is that I am just an actress. And I have to keep pushing it and getting approval, approval, approval or I don’t think I’m worth two cents. And I am starting to get over it, thank God. And I’m just sad because I don’t have many years left and I wish I had a longer space of time to think that Elaine Stritch is okay.
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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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I love holidays in New York. I love `em. I want to celebrate something all the time and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City.
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I have not had any of that surgical stuff. I am too curious to find out exactly how I progress every day of my life naturally. That is what fascinates me.
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I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do.
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You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie.
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I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.
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It gets tiring being a smartass.
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As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times.
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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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I want to settle down this last time. I say last, because I don't think I'm in any condition to live a long time from now. The bell's gonna ring pretty soon.
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