Merman: an autobiography
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“I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.”
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“I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.”
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“Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced.”
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“Be yourself -- it's the one thing you can do better than anyone else.”
“Everything's coming up roses - for me.”
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“At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first.”
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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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“Music, in the past few years... anything singable or understandable is square.”
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“Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.”
“Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them”
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“I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time”
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“In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me”
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“Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret”
“I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old”
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“Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist”
“Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most”
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“I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano”
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“When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest”
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“I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame”
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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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“There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions”
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“I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.”
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