Quotes by Vera Lynn - Page 2

You've got to be nice to people when you're on your way up, because you never know who you are going to meet on the way down.
Vera Lynn /
Your People Way
Be Nice
People Way Your
Meet
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Keep interested, read books, watch television and try to keep in touch with life and what people are doing, seeing and enjoying.
Vera Lynn /
Life People Doing
Life Keep People
Touch
Enjoying
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I am delighted to learn that the small part I played in the campaign to protect the white cliffs of Dover has been so effective.
Vera Lynn /
Cliffs
Delighted
Dover
Protect
White
Played
Campaign
Effective
Small
Small Part
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I always felt that whatever I had to endure was nothing compared to what the average soldier, sailor or airman had to put up with.
Vera Lynn /
Average
Endure
Sailor
Soldier
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If somebody makes a record, no matter how many years later it's released, they or their families should be entitled to the proceeds.
Vera Lynn /
Entitled
Proceeds
Released
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When I was 14 or 15, I was in a small troupe for teenagers, and I heard somebody say, 'Oh, she'll never get anywhere. She's too common.'
Vera Lynn /
Heard
Troupe
Anywhere
Teenagers
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In wartime you never know what is going to happen, you never know whether you will still be around tomorrow, and that is a great leveller.
Vera Lynn /
Tomorrow
Wartime
Great Will Never
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I miss the emotion of singing. There is something about it which means you can express emotions to people without actually talking to them.
Vera Lynn /
Emotion
Singing
Talking
Miss
Express
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Barely a week goes by without me being asked to cut a ribbon somewhere, and I'm usually happy to oblige. Things to do with the Army mostly.
Vera Lynn /
Army
Me Happy Things
Asked
Barely
Somewhere
Cut
Mostly
Oblige
Ribbon
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There is always something we can be concerned about. The secret is to rise above it and do whatever we can to make the world a better place.
Vera Lynn /
Better Place
Concerned
Rise Above
Secret
Always World Better
Above
Rise
Better Always World
Whatever
Place
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The white cliffs of Dover are a significant landmark and it is so encouraging to know that they will now be protected for future generations.
Vera Lynn /
Encouraging
Cliffs
Dover
Generations
Protected
Significant
Future Will Know
Future Generations
Landmark
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I was very privileged to enjoy The Queen Mother's company on many occasions. She was relaxed and informal - she would just sit down for a chat.
Vera Lynn /
Privileged
Relaxed
Chat
Queen
Informal
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I never smoked myself because it lowers your voice and mine was already low. Some singers liked their smoky voices though, like Marlene Dietrich.
Vera Lynn /
Singers
Liked
Low
Marlene
Mine
Smoked
Voices
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Seeing photographs of my dad, Bert, on the beach with a knotted handkerchief on his head to avoid getting sunburn still brings a smile to my face.
Vera Lynn /
Dad
Beach
Seeing
Face
Avoid
Brings
Photographs
Handkerchief
Head
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No, I never sing in the bath. In fact, I've never even practised singing. I would only ever sing indoors if I had to learn a song with my pianist.
Vera Lynn /
Pianist
Singing
Song
Bath
In Fact
Indoors
Sing
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You can't have it all one way - be on the telly and the radio and make lots of money - and not offer anything to your followers when they need you.
Vera Lynn /
Followers
Radio
Lots
Telly
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I am exceptionally fond of all the brave servicemen and women who have worked, and continue to work, to keep us safe and secure, and protect our values.
Vera Lynn /
Brave
Protect
Safe
Secure
Servicemen
Work Women I Am
Exceptionally
Fond
Worked
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I can never waste water. If I cannot drink it I will use it to water the plants and I will never waste food. If it is inedible it goes on the compost heap.
Vera Lynn /
Waste
Food Water Will
Heap
Plants
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Mum worked for a London dressmaker before she married. When she was forced to give up work after her marriage, she carried on dressmaking for people at home.
Vera Lynn /
Marriage
London
Married
Mum
Work Home Marriage
Work Home People
Carried
Forced
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It is so important that British children are taught about the World Wars that their great grandparents fought in and lived through. It was a terrifying time.
Vera Lynn /
British
Taught
Time Great World
Wars
Fought
Grandparents
Terrifying
World Wars
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I think I have got a peculiar voice really, it neither one thing nor the other. It's not a contralto and it's not a mezzo soprano; it's a nothing voice really.
Vera Lynn /
Peculiar
Neither
Nor
Soprano
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If I switch on the radio and hear some nice classical music, I will sit and listen to it but I don't sort of play records or go for any particular type of music.
Vera Lynn /
Classical Music
Particular
Radio
Records
Type
Classical
Switch
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We can't change the past but we can learn from history and remember the important things - the sacrifices our loved ones made, and the price of our freedom today.
Vera Lynn /
Important Things
Loved Ones
Price
Sacrifices
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Over many years, I have been a supporter of the National Trust and the vital work that they do in preserving our heritage and landscapes - long may this continue.
Vera Lynn /
Trust
Heritage
Supporter
Landscapes
National
Preserving
Vital
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I have always managed to combine my family life and my career, but there came a point when I had to choose between a career in America and my family. I chose my family.
Vera Lynn /
Family Life
Life Family Always
Choose
Combine
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When I left school at 14, I thought I had better get a job. I got one in a factory where I sewed on buttons. It was so boring and we weren't allowed to talk or sing. I lasted a day.
Vera Lynn /
Buttons
Allowed
Factory
Lasted
Sing
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I did an audition for Henry Hall, a well-known dance man at the BBC, when I was about 15. I have lost the letter I was sent, but it said: 'your voice is unsuitable for broadcasting.'
Vera Lynn /
Dance
Broadcasting
Lost
Voice
Audition
Bbc
Hall
Henry
Letter
Sent
Unsuitable
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I've had the good fortune of having a long and varied career. Looking back, some might think things have been plain sailing but, as with anything, there have been both highs and lows.
Vera Lynn /
Good Fortune
Looking Back
Lows
Sailing
Highs
Plain
Varied
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When I was a toddler, I fell ill with diphtheritic croup and was taken to an isolation unit. One of my earliest memories is of being on my own in a tent surrounded by steaming kettles.
Vera Lynn /
Ill
Isolation
Memories
Taken
Toddler
Earliest
Earliest Memories
Surrounded
Tent
Unit
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I don't think the singers take it as seriously as we used to. The words, the meaning, the phrasing, the feeling of the song. They see the words, they know the tune and they just sing it.
Vera Lynn /
Song
Meaning
Seriously
Sing
Tune
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People often ask me for the secret to success. Usually, they mean success in the music industry, but I think the answer applies to most things in life: always persevere and never give up.
Vera Lynn /
Industry
Music Industry
Persevere
Secret
Life Success Music
Answer
Never Give Up
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Singing in the jungle was very hot and very sticky, which was a bit hard going. I had a little piano, which they trudged around on the back of a lorry, hoping it would survive the journeys.
Vera Lynn /
Jungle
Singing
Sticky
Hoping
Journeys
Survive
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I didn't have any more children because I couldn't have continued working - and I was the main breadwinner. But although we are small in number, family life has always been hugely important to me.
Vera Lynn /
Family Life
Life Family Always
Life Family Me
Although
Number
Hugely
Main
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We have always been told not to open the door to strangers, especially because of the terrible things that could happen these days. I never have, unless they are expected and are friends or family.
Vera Lynn /
Family
Friends
Expected
Terrible
Family Always Never
Open
Days
Could
Door
Happen
Strangers
Unless
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I felt very greatly honoured to be given a Damehood and never expected to receive anything else. So for Her Majesty to bestow a further accolade on me is very unexpected and I feel even more honoured.
Vera Lynn /
Expected
Majesty
Unexpected
Me Feel Never
Anything Else
Bestow
Further
Greatly
Honoured
Receive
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In 1939, a newspaper ran a competition for the first load of boys off to war to pick their favourite singer. They chose me from my radio broadcasts. That's when I became known as the 'forces' sweetheart.'
Vera Lynn /
Competition
Favourite
Load
Radio
Ran
Sweetheart
Boy
Became
Chose
Forces
Singer
Newspaper
Pick
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I have a Children's Charity in Cuckfield, West Sussex, which helps young children affected by cerebral palsy and associated disorders. The perseverance these young people display every day is inspirational.
Vera Lynn /
Inspirational
Affected
Cerebral
Charity
Perseverance
West
Young Children
Associated
Disorders
Every Day
Helps
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I've liked country music for as long as I can remember, especially the songs of Dolly Parton. Her lyrics are similar to mine: simple, expressive, from the heart. Our voices are in the same kind of register, too.
Vera Lynn /
Expressive
Register
Country Music
Dolly Parton
Mine
Similar
Voices
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All young men should have a certain time in the Army, instead of going running around wild for a few years after school. They would learn discipline and they would learn a good trade. It would be a good opportunity.
Vera Lynn /
Army
Discipline
Good Opportunity
Time Good Men
Wild
Young Men
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I used to bomb around London in my little Austin 10 throughout the raids to appear on stage and if there was a raid before the show was over I would be there, crouching on a floor wherever I could find a big thick wall.
Vera Lynn /
Austin
London
Stage
Thick
Wall
Appear
Bomb
Floor
Raid
Throughout
Wherever
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Perhaps because I never left England and went to America - I think the public sort of appreciated that. I visited and I did some shows over there, but I never had any ambitions to settle over there. I could never have left England.
Vera Lynn /
Ambition
Appreciated
England
Perhaps
Settle
Visited
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You never know what's going to happen en route to the airport or station and the last thing you want is to get there just as your train or plane is disappearing into the distance. Get there early, read a book, have a coffee and don't get stressed.
Vera Lynn /
Book
Coffee
Distance
Stressed
Your Never Know
Airport
Read
Disappearing
Early
Happen
Last
Plane
Route
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In the mid-1970s, I even decided to make my own country album. I put the idea to my record company, thinking we'd just go into the studio in the U.K. and make a novelty album. But instead, they suggested I go to Nashville. I was flabbergasted. I hadn't expected that at all.
Vera Lynn /
Decided
Nashville
Novelty
Album
Studio
Record Company
Suggested
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In so many ways, World War II was one of the lowest lows imaginable, yet some of my most treasured memories come from that time. Communities came together, people displayed a wonderful generosity of spirit and I saw the bravery of our boys on the front line as they fought for our freedom.
Vera Lynn /
War
Bravery
Generosity
Lowest
Memories
Spirit
Together
Treasured
Wonderful
World War Ii
Come
Boy
Came
Communities
Displayed
Fought
Front
Front Line
Saw
Imaginable
Line
Some
Ways
World War
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Perhaps it is no surprise I became an entertainer because many of my relatives were natural performers. Dad, who had a fine pair of lungs, was master of ceremonies at East Ham working men's club in east London. I felt so proud when I saw him in his white gloves calling out the names of the dances.
Vera Lynn /
Dad
Calling
East
Felt
Fine
Gloves
Ham
London
Lungs
Natural
Performers
Proud
Surprise
White
Entertainer
Became
Ceremonies
Club
Dances
Master
Saw
Pair
Relatives
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