"Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time."
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"Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in one form or another."
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"During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches."
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"There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance."
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"I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of."
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"I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway."
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"after several months of probation work, standing on my feet some ten to twelve hours a day, I decided that as a nurse I was a pretty good entertainer."
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"My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight."
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"And when all is said and done, there is no greater success in the world than just being happy."
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"Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity."
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"I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what can be done without training."
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"I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing."
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"I learn my songs by ear."
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"Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women."
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"I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can."
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"In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies or enhances them."
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"I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung."
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"I have never known stage-fright at any time."
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"Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes to buy war bonds."
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"Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women."
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