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Who's happy these days?
You gotta have a gimmick.
I take a breath when I have to.
[Cole Porter] sang like a hinge.
I Got Rhythm really put me on the map.
Everything's coming up roses - for me.
I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird
I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird.
I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.
I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time
In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me
I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time.
Once I had the attention, all I had to do was deliver.
In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me.
I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano
I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano.
Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me
I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.
Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me.
Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver.
At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first.
You'll never prove you're too good for a job by not doing your best.
Be yourself -- it's the one thing you can do better than anyone else.
Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist
Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist.
Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them
Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most
I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old
Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them.
Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most.
Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret
Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret.
Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.
Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.
Music, in the past few years... anything singable or understandable is square.
When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest
When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest.
I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.
I've never cooked. I can't do much more in the kitchen than make a cup of tea and some toast.
I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame
My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be
I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame.
My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be.
There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions
Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced.
There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions.
When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales.
I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films.
I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me.
I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes