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I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old

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Ethel Merman
Age: 76 †
Born: 1908
Born: January 16
Died: 1984
Died: February 15
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Ethel Agnes Zimmermann
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I take a breath when I have to.
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The only things I read are gossip columns. If I read three pages of a book, I'm out like a light. When I pick up the book again, I've forgotten what I've read and have to start over again. By page three, even if I've just awakened from a nine -hour nap, I fall asleep again. So if anyone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures.
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I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.
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I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me.
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I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.
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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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In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me
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I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird
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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 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 can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.
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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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My career at Warner Brothers consisted of one musical short subject. I was running around in a bear skin. Very chic.
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Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most
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Music, in the past few years... anything singable or understandable is square.
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If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill.
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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
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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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I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films.
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