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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.
Elaine Stritch
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Elaine Stritch
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: February 2
Died: 2014
Died: July 17
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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 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 don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.
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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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Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.
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Bette Davis taught Hollywood to follow an actress instead of the actress following the camera, and she's probably the best movie actress there's ever been.
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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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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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Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life.
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There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.
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I wouldn't have a nose job. I like my nose fine.
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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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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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