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Everything's coming up roses - for me.
Ethel Merman
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American
-
Musician
January 16
, 1908 -
February 15
, 1984
Everything's coming up roses - for me.
Ethel Merman
Me
,
Valentine's Day
,
Up
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
Myself
,
Right Place
,
Pat
I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes.
Ethel Merman
Change
,
One Thing
,
About
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
Think
,
Easter
,
Give
Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway.
Ethel Merman
Been
,
Broadway
,
Very
I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano.
Ethel Merman
Trust
,
Piano
,
Throw
Legend has it that when God created me, he gave me a big distinctive voice, a lot of boldness and no heart.
Ethel Merman
Voice
,
Legend
,
Big
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?
Ethel Merman
Feel
,
Born
,
I Was Born
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.
Ethel Merman
Lucky
,
Show
,
Wrote
As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand.
Ethel Merman
Average
,
Concerned
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Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.
Ethel Merman
Always
,
Give
,
Like
You gotta have a gimmick.
Ethel Merman
You
,
Gotta
,
Gimmick
Who's happy these days?
Ethel Merman
Happy
,
Days
When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales.
Ethel Merman
Deep
,
Sometimes
,
About
When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest.
Ethel Merman
Business
,
Always
,
Show
There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions.
Ethel Merman
Inventions
,
Appropriate
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
Want
,
Been
,
Advantage
The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now.
Ethel Merman
Show
,
Unbelievable
,
About
Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver.
Ethel Merman
Attention
,
Deliver
,
Once
Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret.
Ethel Merman
Regret
,
Marriages
,
Bob
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
Play
,
Read
,
Though
My career at Warner Brothers consisted of one musical short subject. I was running around in a bear skin. Very chic.
Ethel Merman
Career
,
Very
,
Musical
My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be.
Ethel Merman
Always
,
Pop
,
Rated
Music, in the past few years... anything singable or understandable is square.
Ethel Merman
Music
,
Square
,
In The Past
Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced.
Ethel Merman
Maybe
,
Could
,
Claimed
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
,
Proud
,
Living
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