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1. "I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank." ~ Ethel Merman
2. "I don't like to read. The only things I read are gossip columns. If someone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures." ~ Ethel Merman
3. "I Got Rhythm really put me on the map." ~ Ethel Merman
4. "I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old." ~ Ethel Merman
5. "Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own." ~ Ethel Merman
6. "Everything's coming up roses - for me." ~ Ethel Merman
7. "At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first." ~ Ethel Merman
8. "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." ~ Ethel Merman
9. "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." ~ Ethel Merman
10. "When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales." ~ Ethel Merman
11. "Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice." ~ Ethel Merman
12. "Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most." ~ Ethel Merman
13. "I've never cooked. I can't do much more in the kitchen than make a cup of tea and some toast." ~ Ethel Merman
14. "I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes." ~ Ethel Merman
15. "I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano." ~ Ethel Merman
16. "If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill." ~ Ethel Merman
17. "Who's happy these days?" ~ Ethel Merman
18. "Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them." ~ Ethel Merman
19. "As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand." ~ Ethel Merman
20. "Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway." ~ Ethel Merman
21. "Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist." ~ Ethel Merman
22. "Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me." ~ Ethel Merman
23. "I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words." ~ Ethel Merman
24. "I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me." ~ Ethel Merman

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