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"So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be."

"The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it."

"I moved to New York from California when I was 11, so initially I was seen as the California person for a while. I didn't feel like I was popular, but I did feel confident."

"I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick."

"I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular."

"This Halloween, the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him."

"It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime."

"I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue to be popular."

"Imperialism was genuinely popular among Athenians who would expect to share in its profits, even if only indirectly and collectively, and not to have to bear its burdens."
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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."

"I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them."

"I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me."

"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."

"My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician."

"Legend has it that when God created me, he gave me a big distinctive voice, a lot of boldness and no heart."

"Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced."
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