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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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Detroit
Michigan
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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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For my money, insecurity, depression, etc, can be healed by way of El Morocco, sad songs at 4am, and the pop of a champagne cork
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I get sick of saying how hard everything is. It's hard to get up in the morning. Everything's hard. Everything takes effort.
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Tony Bennett said to me, Wow, your talent is amazing. Maybe he's a bore, maybe he's a jerk, but when he said that to me, I didn't need anything more than that.
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If somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! You're wasting my time.
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This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.
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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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There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.
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Everybody's got a sack of rocks.
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I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.
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All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.
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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 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 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 don't know what to do with Warren Beatty. All I know is that he wasn't attracted to me. That's all right.
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I like to keep active. I've got too much energy not to.
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I don't think I'm gonna die tomorrow or even two weeks from now, or even ever. I just don't know - who the hell knows what's gonna happen to them? Nobody! Isn't that comforting? Nobody has a clue. I like that we don't know. And I like that it's somebody else's decision, not mine.
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It's a pain in the ass, show business. And the only time that I really enjoy it is when I'm in front of an audience and they're reacting to me.
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I wouldn't have a nose job. I like my nose fine.
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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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