Elaine Stritch quotes

Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives. (Elaine Stritch)
There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time. View quote
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All you have to do is say, 'I'm going home,' and you're the most popular girl at the party. View quote
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You have to be very, very good looking to get ahead in motion pictures. View quote
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I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired. View quote
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You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie. View quote
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Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life. View quote
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I think the most interesting New Yorkers are the people who were not born here. View quote
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I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself. View quote
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I love holidays in New York. I love `em. I want to celebrate something all the time and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City. View quote
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I think it's the wrong way around to say when you get older move to the country. I think when you get older you move to New York. If you're a nice broad they'll look after you. (Elaine Stritch)
I can't explain chemistry. I really can't. I haven't got a clue what it's all about. It just happens. It's like falling in love. You can't explain why you fall in love or explain why it's this particular person. View quote
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I love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world! View quote
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I have not had any of that surgical stuff. I am too curious to find out exactly how I progress every day of my life naturally. That is what fascinates me. View quote
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Diabetes is a lousy, lousy disease. View quote
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Betty White is probably a very nice woman. View quote
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I do believe in the infallibility of the Pope, because I think we have to believe in something. View quote
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I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working. View quote
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My movie career - if such a thing even exists - is laughable. View quote
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Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.' View quote
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I don't want to see a movie twice. I don't want to do anything twice. (Elaine Stritch)
I don't have to go to a doctor and have my face changed. It terrifies me that women do that. View quote
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I don't think I'm gonna die tomorrow or even two weeks from now, or even ever. I just don't know - who the hell knows what's gonna happen to them? Nobody! Isn't that comforting? Nobody has a clue. I like that we don't know. And I like that it's somebody else's decision, not mine. View quote
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I always say, 'If you can't give a reason for the banana peel being in the alley, then don't have the comic slide over it.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy. View quote
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I care about money, very much. I want it. I don't ever want to be without it. My mother once said about me, 'Elaine has to have money.' View quote
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