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I was lucky enough to have th...

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me

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Now what kind of an attitude ...

Now what kind of an attitude is that, 'These things happen?' They only happen because this whole country is just full of people who, when these things happen, they just say, 'These things happen,' and that's why they happen! We gotta have control of what happens to us.

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In my case, things have prett...

In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me

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When I'm asked how to succeed...

When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest

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I don't like to read. The onl...

I don't like to read. The only things I read are gossip columns. If someone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures.

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Music, in the past few years....

Music, in the past few years... anything singable or understandable is square.

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I've made a wonderful living ...

I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame.

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At one time I smoked, but in ...

At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped - and I haven't had a cigarette since.

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Mom claimed that I could carr...

Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced.

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I attend surprisingly few sho...

I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me.

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I can hold a note as long as ...

I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.

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I wouldn't change one thing a...

I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes

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My father taught me to read m...

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician

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Any audience that gets a laug...

Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them

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I wasn't straining at the bit...

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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Eisenhower was my war hero and...

Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most

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I was born in my parents' bedr...

I was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912. But what difference does it make as long as I feel 33?

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I have plenty of invitations t...

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 wouldn't trust any man as fa...

I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano

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When I'm asked how to succeed ...

When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest

Ethel Merman 100 quotes

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