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"Everything's coming up roses - for me."

Ethel Merman, American Musician

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"Everything's coming up roses - for me."

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"I have plenty of invitations to go places, lots to do. If I'm not working, I go to have my hair taken care of and work at needlepoint."

"The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now."

"Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice."

"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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