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I did everything he did but backwards & in high heels.

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Ginger Rogers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1911
Born: July 16
Died: 1995
Died: April 25
Actress
Dancer
Film Actor
Playwright
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Independence
Missouri
Virginia Katherine McMath
Backwards
Heels
High
Girl
Inspirational
Women
Everything

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During my seven-year contract with RKO, there were seven different studio presidents, from David O. Selznick to Charles W. Koerner. You literally had to check the name on the door so as not to call the new boss by the former boss's name.
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There are no small parts. Only small actors.
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Even married people have differences of opinion, I'm told.
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The most important thing in anyone's life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun, joy and happiness. This is my gift.
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I made my last motion picture in March 1965 for Magna Pictures. 'Harlow,' based on the life of actress Jean Harlow... I didn't know at the time that 'Harlow' would be my last motion picture.
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I don't disagree with seeing a Rubens of a nude body, but I don't believe in a nude body in action. With Rubens, thank goodness, they aren't in action.
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If I've learned any one lesson from life, it's this: If you don't stand for something, you will stand for anything.
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I believe in dressing for the occasion. There's a time for sweater, sneakers and Levis and a time for the full-dress jazz.
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Over the years, myths were built up about my relationship with Fred Astaire. The general public thought he was a Svengali, who snapped his fingers for his little Trilby to obey in their eyes, my career was his creation.
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I won't go to movies with permissiveness, four-letter words, or violence. Show me 'E.T.' and 'Chariots of Fire' instead. That's entertainment, not exploitation of the human body.
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I try to feed my hunger rather than my appetite.
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The kids today, they think they can dance with their faces.
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When you're happy, you don't count the years.
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One thing I turn my back on totally is the unsavory atmosphere at most discos.
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My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months.
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The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.
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I enjoy sports, and love being involved in any outdoor sport from volleyball to softball. I'm not being immodest when I say I'm a natural athlete.
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At the age of ten, I thought if a boy kissed you on the lips, you would have a baby, and I surely wasn't the only youngster who believed that!
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I believe in living each day as it comes, to the best of my ability. When it's done, I put it away, remembering that there will be a tomorrow to take it's place. If I have any philosophy, that's it. To me it's not a fatalistic attitude.
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I don't know which I like best. I love the applause on the stage. But pictures are so fascinating - you reach many millions through them. And you make more money too.
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