Lorna Luft quotes

Living in continual chaos is exhausting, frightening. The catch is that it's also very addictive. (Lorna Luft)
Studio 54 made Halloween in Hollywood look like a PTA meeting. View quote
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The most memorable night of The Judy Garland Show for me was the night my mother pulled me out of the audience and sang to me onstage. View quote
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The only difference between the Bel Air of the '90s and the Bel Air of my childhood is that now the nannies are Latina instead of British, and the cars European instead of American. View quote
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I have a healthy body, free of the chemicals that once controlled it. View quote
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I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic. View quote
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The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them. View quote
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The sicker mother got, the stranger the people surrounding her became. I called them The Garland Freaks. View quote
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My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior. View quote
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When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent. View quote
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A star needs all the rest she can get. (Lorna Luft)
My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on. View quote
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One trait of addictive families is that we never recognize our own addictions. View quote
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My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt. View quote
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People are always asking me what it's like to be Judy Garland's daughter. It's hard to be a legend's child. View quote
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Liza is in the tabloids almost as much as our mother was. She has struggled with her own ghosts and shadows. View quote
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Fabio kept asking me out, but I knew we'd never get his ego through the door. View quote
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Even at al my mother's concerts, I had never seen people go crazy the way they did with the Beatles. View quote
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There are some family traditions I don't want my children to carry on. View quote
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When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest. View quote
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I choose not to think of my life as surviving, but coping. (Lorna Luft)
A career is all very well, but no one lives by work alone. View quote
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Children have a way of forcing you back into the present moment. View quote
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I used drugs as a social activity; a way to have fun with friends. View quote
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Barry Manilow has gone from being the love of my life to being a friend for life. View quote
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