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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
Actress
Film Actor
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Detroit
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Everybody's got a sack of rocks.
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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 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 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 wouldn't have a nose job. I like my nose fine.
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I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.
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Woody Allen is a better actor than anybody from the Actors Studio, and he can be anybody he says he is.
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It's very disconcerting to start out and to say, I'm going to tell the truth, and then to realize it's that much trouble.
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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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Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.
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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 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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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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As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times.
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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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All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.
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