Ethel Merman Quotes

• Can you imagine the name Zimmermann in bright lights? It would burn you to death!

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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.

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• 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 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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• 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.

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

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• As far as dramas are concerned, it’s considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand.

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

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

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• Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me.

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

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• I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn’t be in films.

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

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• 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’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.

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• My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that’s the way it will always be.

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  Tags in Parent, Great

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

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• I’ve never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

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Ethel Merman (50)

Birth:	16th January, 1908
Death:	15th February, 1984
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Singer

About

Ethel Merman was born in Astoria, Queens, New York City, USA. She was an American actress and singer. Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are "I Got Rhythm"; "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Some People", and "Rose's Turn"; and the Cole Porter songs "It's De-Lovely", "Friendship", and "I Get a Kick Out of You", "You're the Top", and "Anything Goes". Her role in several films include: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, There's No Business Like Show Business, Call Me Madam, Kid Millions, We're Not Dressing, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Anything Goes, The Art of Love, and The Big Broadcast of 1936.

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