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This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.
Elaine Stritch
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Elaine Stritch
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: February 2
Died: 2014
Died: July 17
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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 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 want to see a movie twice. I don't want to do anything twice.
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I love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world!
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I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.
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I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.
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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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There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.
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Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.
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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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Onstage, nothing is as important as truth, nothing. As soon as you lie, they know it.
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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 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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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 wouldn't have a nose job. I like my nose fine.
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I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.
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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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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 like to keep active. I've got too much energy not to.
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New York is like a disco, but without the music
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