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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.
Elaine Stritch
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Elaine Stritch
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: February 2
Died: 2014
Died: July 17
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If somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! You're wasting my time.
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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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I like to keep active. I've got too much energy not to.
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I felt that I committed myself too much. I promised too much. But that way it's exciting.
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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 find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do.
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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 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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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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There's something exciting about being afraid.
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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.
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Why haven't I made more movies? Nobody asked me.
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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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