Ethel Merman Quotes

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Ethel Merman

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 16, 1908

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.

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I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me.

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I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.

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Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most.

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Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me.

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Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist.

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At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first.

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As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand.

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