Doris Day Quotes - Page 2

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• The one radio voice that I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald. There was a quality to her voice that fascinated me, and I'd sing along with her, trying to catch the subtle ways she shaded her voice, the casual yet clean way she sang the words.

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  Voice, Trying, Quality

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• It was the only ambition I ever had - not to be a dancer or Hollywood movie star, but to be a housewife in a good marriage.

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  Stars, Ambition, Dancer

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• Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit

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  Imagination, Explicit, Vulgarity

  Biography/Personal, www.imdb.com.

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• I just feel so fortunate and so blessed to have been able to entertain people in the theatres and on record, it's just an amazing life that I've experienced.

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  Blessed, People, Amazing Life

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• Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

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  Wise, Time, Age

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

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• I am deeply grateful to the President and to my country. ... To come from Cincinnati, Ohio, for God's sake, then to go to Hollywood, and to get this kind of tribute from my country. ... I love this country so much.

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  Country, Grateful, Cincinnati Ohio

  Doris Day (2013). “The Doris Day Songbook”, p.1929, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• I had been involved in animal welfare groups, but DDAL presented an opportunity to actually create and pass legislation aimed at issues which really matter to so many people. From local spaying and neutering ordinances, to legislation against puppy mills, to standards to prevent animals from being tested for the sake of a new cosmetic, we could - and did - make a difference.

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  Animal, Opportunity, Differences

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• Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden.

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  Animal, Garden, Beauty Everywhere

  Interview with Paul McCartney, www.telegraph.co.uk. September 01, 2011.

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• If so many people love me, how come I'm alone?

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  People, Fame, Ifs

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• I love all the shows that encourage people to love, appreciate and help animals. There are more programs about animals than ever, and that pleases me.

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  Animal, Please Me, People

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• in the press, my sex life was something else again. I was Lady Bountiful of the Sheets. Some of the best fiction of the Sixties was written about my amorous adventures with an assortment of lovers who could have only been chosen by a berserk random sampler.

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  Sex, Adventure, Fiction

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• A person does not leave a good marriage for someone else.

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  Doe, Good Marriage, Persons

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

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• When I recorded for Columbia, I could usually do anything in one take...I would invariably want to use the first take because that would be the one that was spontaneous and fresh.

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  Would Be, Use, Want

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• The succession of cheerful, period musicals I made, plus Oscar Levant's widely publicized remark about my virginity, contributed to what has been called my "image", which is a word that baffles me. There never was any intent on my part either in my acting or in my private life to create any such thing as an image.

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  Cheerful, Acting, Oscars

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

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• I think everything in my life has led to my animal welfare work.

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  Animal, Thinking, Welfare

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• Would you believe, I am still offered scripts and projects all the time?

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  Believe, Scripts, Projects

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• A woman gains status when she refuses to see anything killed to be put on her back. Then she’s truly beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Animal, Vegetarianism

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• The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band.

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  Band, Brown

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

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• For every dollar spent on spaying and neutering now, $17 is saved and can be used for other community projects. We work with the animals and the people who love them.

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  Animal, People, Community

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• I don't even like parties.

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  Party

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

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• Almost all of "Julie" was shot on location in Carmel, which is a lovely resort town a little south of San Francisco. My co-star was Louis Jourdan, whom I liked very much. An amiable man, very gentle, very much interested in the people around him; we had a good rapport and I found talking to him a joy . . . We would take long walks on the beautiful Carmel beach, chatting by the hour.

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  Beautiful, Beach, Stars

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• I had a wonderful family including my aunts, uncles and cousins but they've all gone to heaven.

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  Cousin, Uncles, Aunt

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• Your skin, and your whole body, goes into repair mode when you sleep.

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  Sleep, Skins, Body

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• I've just always loved animals.

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  Animal

  "Doris Day and Paul McCartney in conversation". Interview with Paul McCartney, www.telegraph.co.uk. September 1, 2011.

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• I like to sing love songs.

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  Song

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