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Kate Smith

"Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family."

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"Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family."

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"I've met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan Lord who wanted to destroy Western Civilization? Not the kind of dad you invited toschool for Career Day."

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"Of course, everyone's parents are embarrassing. It goes with the territory. The nature of parents is to embarrass merely by existing, just as it is the nature of children of a certain age to cringe with embarrassment, shame, and mortification should their parents so much as speak to them on the street."

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"Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted."

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"During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches."
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