As long as we are not trying to change somebody else to be like me, or like you, or like him, or like her, what's your problem?
Dallas is where Kennedy was shot, and that's where I was put in jail.
Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.
Everything should be done with moderation and using common sense.
Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.
I always believe in living in the country, because that's where what I eat is what I can put back in the dirt.
I am always trying to eat the right kind of foods that are going to keep me healthy.
I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
I am still confused because I still don't know who my father is. And so who is my mother? The feeling is still there.
I am supposed to be, according to what I am told, one of the children of the cotton plantation owner's sons. If I could prove that, I'd own the whole goddamn everything.
I came back to Broadway because I was asked to be in Timbuktu.
I don't believe in bringing children into the world out of wedlock.
I have been nominated three times. I have the little pieces of paper to prove it.
I love being in America. I used to love traveling and I am glad that I was able to go around the world. I still love to go to Europe, but I always want to come home.
I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
I said to the president's wife, Vietnam is the main reason we are having trouble with the youth of America. It is a war without explanation or reason.
I sent my daughter 40 roses last November because I thought she was 40. And she laughed her head off. She is not going to be 40 until this year!
I used to teach dance lessons.
I was given away. If your mother gives you away, you think everybody who comes into your life is going to give you away.
I was in Paris with a ballet company in 1947.
I was invited to a luncheon with 49 other women to give my opinions about the problematic situation among young people. They wanted me to talk about why is there so much juvenile delinquency in the streets of America.
I was the only woman they would ask to have lunch with them. The guys were so interesting. You don't know what the hell they are talking about, so the best thing to do is be like a sponge and listen and absorb.
I was trying to find out who my father was. They say that at that time, that if you are illegitimate, the father doesn't have to put his name down on the certificate.
I would like to be writing more because people are constantly asking me questions, and I write down what they are asking me.
I'm still with that feeling that I am afraid of doing the wrong thing, because somebody is going to punish me.
I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.
If you ask me a question, I am going to give my opinion.
It's best if you can do things with a sense of humor and finesse.
Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
My house was bugged. They couldn't find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don't like some of the things the government is doing.
My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
Orson Welles was one of these people who was defying everything the doctors told him he wasn't supposed to be doing. He was really enjoying himself when he was eating what he wanted to eat.
Thank God you've got a sense of humor, or you'd be in trouble.
The boys that were running away from America because they didn't want to get involved with the Vietnam War had come to me. They would tell me how they felt.
The public has become my fairy godmother.
The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that.
This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.
This production of Cinderella, it's very integrated. The stepmother is played by a man, and we have Asians, blacks, whites, gay boys, straight boys. It's all wonderful.
We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant.
When my baby was born I had to know how to save her in case she fell in the pool or something like that. I went to one of these nursing places to learn how to take care of the child.
When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.
When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business.
You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
Young ghetto boys thought that in this society, the good guys lost and the bad guys won.
I am the original Material Girl
I have a great need for affection from an audience. I don't know whether this is because I had such a tough life when I was a child.
The White House, 1968: "I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut. I have a baby and then you send him off to war. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot."
Jamie and I were like brother and sister. He told me in fact he thought of me as a sister. Our relationship was strictly platonic and spiritual."-On her friendship with James Dea
Daughter, Kitt Shapiro. Grandchildren, Justin, 8, and Rachel, 4.
Kitt's age was always a mystery, until 1998, when a group of students from her hometown in South Carolina unearthed her birth certificate. The document revealed that her true birthday is January 17, 1927.
Measurements: 35-23-35 (as Catwoman), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Ranked #89 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
Was virtually exiled from the United States after making anti-war statements during a White House luncheon in 1968.
Was nominated twice for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1978, as Best Actress (Musical) for "Timbuktu!"; and in 2000, as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "The Wild Party."
Was inspired to go into show business after witnessing the wild applause that the audience gave José Ferrer after one of his stage performances as Cyrano de Bergerac in 1946.
Her name can be seen on a Marquee in the famous cult film Plan 9 From Outer Space.
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