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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.
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 love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world!
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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 always say, 'If you can't give a reason for the banana peel being in the alley, then don't have the comic slide over it.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy.
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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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There's nothing attractive about doing a documentary. Nothing. It's hard, hard work, and I find having all the attention of the day on me a very unattractive proposition.
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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 have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.
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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 felt that I committed myself too much. I promised too much. But that way it's exciting.
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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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I wouldn't have a nose job. I like my nose fine.
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Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.
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Two drinks a day. Two drinks a day. TWO DRINKS A DAY! It doesn't work! Not when you want eleven, and not when you start shopping for wine glasses in the vase department at Bloomingdales.
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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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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 don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.
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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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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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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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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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