American - Musician | January 16, 1908 - February 15, 1984
I take a breath when I have to.
Ethel Merman
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Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them.
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If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill.
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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.
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Legend has it that when God created me, he gave me a big distinctive voice, a lot of boldness and no heart.
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Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own.
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You gotta have a gimmick.
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Who's happy these days?
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There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions.
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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.
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The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now.
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Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver.
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