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I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time

Ethel Merman

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Ethel Merman
Age: 76 †
Born: 1908
Born: January 16
Died: 1984
Died: February 15
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Ethel Agnes Zimmermann
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I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films.
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I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.
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In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me
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The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now
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When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest
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I told her that there was something about Christmas carols that always brought tears to my eyes. I added that I also cry at weddings. To me weddings are very solemn occasions. I should have cried at a couple of my own.
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I take a breath when I have to.
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I have plenty of invitations to go places, lots to do. If I'm not working, I go to have my hair taken care of and work at needlepoint
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I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame
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Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most
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Legend has it that when God created me, he gave me a big distinctive voice, a lot of boldness and no heart.
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I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old
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Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.
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I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.
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I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals
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Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.
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Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.
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I mentioned that I was thinking of getting out of the business after Call Me Madam. I thought maybe I should become a homebody.
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