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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.'
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 certainly was not the romantic lead. I couldn't be that, because I was not that good looking. And that is something about Hollywood that I do not like at all. Why can't a woman who is just normally good looking fall in love? I mean, everybody in the movies is so good looking.
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Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.
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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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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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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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New York is like a disco, but without the music
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There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.
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If somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! You're wasting my time.
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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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Onstage, nothing is as important as truth, nothing. As soon as you lie, they know it.
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I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.
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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 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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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 dislike the way I look. I think I look fine. I think I look extraordinary for 88. And I've got energy. Out of my way.
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I like to keep active. I've got too much energy not to.
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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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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 want to see a movie twice. I don't want to do anything twice.
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I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.
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