Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.
Twas not my lips you kissed But my soul.
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.
Wouldn t it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy, and maybe we’d like each other a little bit more.
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.
I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.
The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.
I’ve never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.
Birds fly over the rainbow. Why then, oh, why can’t I?
In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.
If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely?
If you have to be in a soap opera try not to get the worst role.
How strange when an illusion dies. It’s as though you’ve lost a child.
You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.
He gave me a look at myself I’ve never had before. He saw something in me nobody else ever did. He made me see it too. He made me believe it.
I’ve always taken ‘The Wizard of Oz’ very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I’ve spent my entire life trying to get over it.
Behind every cloud is another cloud.
I try to bring the audience’s own drama – tears and laughter they know about – to them.
I’ve been in love with audiences all my life, and I’ve tried to please. I hope I did.