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Everything's coming up roses - for me.

Ethel Merman Quotes

American - Musician January 16, 1908 - February 15, 1984

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Everything's coming up roses - for me. Ethel Merman

Roses, Me, Valentine's Day

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

Deep, Conflict, You

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

Turn, Understand, Person

My career at Warner Brothers consisted of one musical short subject. I was running around in a bear skin. Very chic. Ethel Merman

Short, Career, Skin

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

Mom, Way, Always

Legend has it that when God created me, he gave me a big distinctive voice, a lot of boldness and no heart. Ethel Merman

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

Time, Myself, Talent

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

Life, Change, Mistakes

I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird. Ethel Merman

Work, Bird, Free

Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own. Ethel Merman

Eyes, Christmas, Wedding

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

I Can, Long, Bank

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

Good, Me, Broadway

You gotta have a gimmick. Ethel Merman

You, Gotta, Gimmick

Who's happy these days? Ethel Merman

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

Business, Succeed, Say

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

Discipline, Inventions

There have been people who have tried to take advantage of me. They want to be linked to me just because I'm Ethel Merman. Ethel Merman

Me, People, Want

The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now. Ethel Merman

Way, Talk, Little

Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver. Ethel Merman

Attention, Once, Deliver

Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret. Ethel Merman

Regret, Marriages, Four

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician. Ethel Merman

Music, Father, Me

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

Music, Past, Years

Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced. Ethel Merman

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living. Ethel Merman

Business, Mom, Proud

In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me. Ethel Merman

Me, Things, Pretty

If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill. Ethel Merman

Sleep, Book, Television

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