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It gets tiring being a smartass.
Elaine Stritch
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Elaine Stritch
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: February 2
Died: 2014
Died: July 17
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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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I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.
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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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All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.
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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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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 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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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'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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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 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 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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As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times.
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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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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 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 don't want to see a movie twice. I don't want to do anything twice.
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I like to keep active. I've got too much energy not to.
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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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