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And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy.

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Julie Andrews
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: January 1
Actor
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Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
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Don't you get a swollen head. There's always someone who could come and do what you do, maybe even better, so be grateful and work hard.
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These days, people like me who are in the arts are perceived as celebrity writers. That really makes me angry because I expend a great deal of effort and spend an enormous amount of time on my books. And I've been writing now for 35 years.
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I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect.
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It is not enough to reach for the brass ring. You must also enjoy the merry go round.
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I feel an enormous responsibility to bridge the gap between England and America, and be a sort of very quiet ambassador for my country to try to sort of do a hands across the water thing where they understand England and English people understand Americans. I adore America.
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I think I'm one of the very lucky ladies.
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For the last time, you cannot wear that cropped fleece vest
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Mary Poppins is magical and fun.
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Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.
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Can I give them what they think they're going to get from me? That's always the big question.
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So many things that you can ask children hopefully pique their interest and they can design and think for themselves. Having children draw and illustrate what they saw in their minds' eyes during the story is a tremendous teaching aid.
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If you're tearing around in a panic about something, then it puts everyone else in a panic as well.
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Beginnings are always hard.
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I can't believe 50 years have gone by since that film was released. I blinked and suddenly here I am. We all really felt blessed and as for me how lucky can a girl get. Great music does more than enhance a film, it cements our memories in the film going experience.
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All I care about really is writing something worthwhile for children, something that will engage them in some way and stimulates in them a sense of wonder.
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I don't think I have the image that say, Judy Garland has, or Bette Davis.
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All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time.
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Hopefully, I brought people a certain joy. That will be a wonderful legacy.
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If you can instill a love of reading in your children, they will be ahead of the curve at school and in their lives in general. Their imaginations will be stimulated. I thank heavens for the father that gave me that to begin with.
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