Ethel Merman Quotes

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• Be yourself -- it's the one thing you can do better than anyone else.

  Ethel Merman

  Being Yourself, Love Your Children, Can Do

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  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.

  Ethel Merman

  Giving Up, Thinking, Cigarette

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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• I remember Tallulah (Bankhead) telling of going into a public ladies' room and discovering there was no toilet tissue. She looked underneath the booth and said to the lady in the next stall, 'I beg your pardon, do you happen to have any toilet tissue in there?' The lady said no. So Tallulah said, 'Well, then, dahling, do you have two fives for a ten?'

  Ethel Merman

  Two, Rooms, Next

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

  Ethel Merman

  Long, Notes, I Can

  Ethel Merman, Pete Martin (1955). “Who Could Ask for Anything More: As Told to Pete Martin”

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• I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

  Ethel Merman

  Remember, Stage, Audience

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.

  Ethel Merman

  Hockey, Fire, Ice

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• I've never cooked. I can't do much more in the kitchen than make a cup of tea and some toast.

  Ethel Merman

  Tea, Kitchen, Cups

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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• I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time

  Ethel Merman

  Talent, Right Time, Happened

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1978). “Merman”

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• I told her that there was something about Christmas carols that always brought tears to my eyes. I added that I also cry at weddings. To me weddings are very solemn occasions. I should have cried at a couple of my own.

  Ethel Merman

  Christmas, Wedding, Couple

  "Merman: An Autobiography".

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

  Ethel Merman

  Trust, Men, Piano

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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

  Ethel Merman

  Laughing, Audience

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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• You'll never prove you're too good for a job by not doing your best.

  Ethel Merman

  Jobs, Doing Your Best, Prove

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Ethel Merman

  Country, Attitude, People

  "Fictional character: Mrs. Marcus". "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World", www.imdb.com. 1963.

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• Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.

  Ethel Merman

  Broadway, Very Good, Has Beens

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Ethel Merman

  Business, Fog, Succeed

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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

  Ethel Merman

  Character, Dames, Wonderful

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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

  Ethel Merman

  Mistake, House, Professional Life

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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• I take a breath when I have to.

  Ethel Merman

  Breathing, Breaths

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions

  Ethel Merman

  Player, Discipline, Invention

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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• I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.

  Ethel Merman

  Care, Able, Angry

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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• When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales.

  Ethel Merman

  Sometimes, Conflict, Corny

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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• At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first.

  Ethel Merman

  Junk, Tables, Fleas

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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• I mentioned that I was thinking of getting out of the business after Call Me Madam. I thought maybe I should become a homebody.

  Ethel Merman

  Business, Thinking, Should

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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• Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist

  Ethel Merman

  Reputation, Hedonist

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

  Ethel Merman

  Past, Years, Squares

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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