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Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to Broadway.


Ethel Merman

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DANA LEACH My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country.
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CAROL BURNETT I'm a huge fan of the music of Broadway, and I have an affinity for what I refer to as the Golden Ag...
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STEVEN PAGE With half of Broadway audiences coming from outside the New York area and Broadway being the No. 1 r...
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JOSEPH QUINLAN 'Dexter' has been very, very good to me. I would rather stop doing it than cheapen it.
JEFF LINDSAY Broadway has been truly hurting since September 11, and this was my way of doing something.
BOB MACKIE I've been told I make a very good brew.
JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY I've been very lucky because Perth has been very good to me. I've enjoyed my journey and met...
KERRY STOKES Musicals have clearly gotten more physical. You never saw Ethel Merman doing step aerobics.
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JAY GUIDINGER We've become a very sought-after partner for developing Broadway musicals.
DAVID ARMSTRONG My grandparents actually, whenever they got the chance, took me to Broadway, but that started when I...
SHANICE WILLIAMS Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humb...
KATE FLEETWOOD But then all that died down and as far as casting was concerned it didn't really matter that I h...
TAYE DIGGS I had been coming to New York, pretty much once a month, to dance on Broadway. I was offered a huge ...
SAMI GAYLE It's very difficult to break into the Broadway arena, ... It's very white, very male-oriented and ve...
JACKIE TAYLOR When I got to Broadway, I conducted five Broadway shows.
DAVID FRIEDMAN God's been very good to me. I'm truly blessed.
WALTER PAYTON We're pumped up and ready to get back racing. Australia has been very, very good to me over the year...
DONNY SCHATZ I'm very aware of the fact that Broadway musicals being brought to the screen are very few and f...
ROB MARSHALL The construction gods have been really good to us in February and March. December wasn't very good t...
ERNEST WILLIAMS The fact that I even get in Broadway shows is, to me, still amazing, but then to win a Tony was just...
JANE KRAKOWSKI I think it's very important, because Sam has been around some very good quarterbacks,
MIKE MULARKEY The lesson of The Odd Couple is that there are still genuine Broadway stars. And it was an opportuni...
BILL EVANS We're in good shape because our offence has been very good at this point.
JOHN GIBBONS The wins haven't picked up, but the quality of his stuff has been very good.
GUY HANSEN Our pitching has been very good and is what has carried us.
DON SUTHERLAND We'll definitely be ready by then. It's been a full-court press to get ready. We've been blessed by ...
CRAIG BROWN I would be reluctant to speak on his behalf of what he has been convinced of or not, but I think we ...
LAKHDAR BRAHIMI We've been blessed with very, very good weather and the wholesale price has gone down.
JO ANNE We've been blessed with very, very good weather and the wholesale price has gone down.
JO ANNE SANFORD I've never been crazy. I'm a very good girl, to be honest. I don't do anything to hurt a...
LEIGHTON MEESTER It's been a secret dream of mine to be part of Broadway, ... I hope to be able to do for this produc...
OPRAH WINFREY While musicals still dominate on Broadway, 2005 was a very strong year for plays, too.
HOWARD SHERMAN Traditional information security has been very good at protecting structured data.
GENE FREDRIKSEN It's been a very, very good defense.
KEITH RICHARD It's been a very, very good return.
HARRY WARDWELL Let's put it this way, America has been good to us. And we have made very good use of it.
BEVERLY FORD The theatre community has been so warm and welcoming to me. What better way to thank them then to co...
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE ive loved an ive falllen but yet until now ive always gotten back up but ur blow to the heart has su...
AMBER FAITH HUN God's been very good to us. We're very fortunate to have our family.
LUPE SILVA When I did 'Grease,' I took good care of myself. I treated it like a job. I approached it ve...
LAURA OSNES Acting has been very useful to me.
JANE ASHER It has been a good two weeks. The boys responded very well.
RAHUL DRAVID The Legislature has been very responsible in terms of good fiscal policy.
COLEMAN STIPANOVICH The cattle-breeding business has been very good the past several years.
BOB DANNER She was very dependable. Service has been something she was good at.
CLAUDIA STUART Kelly is so good, so unselfish, ... and that has been very, very encouraging to see the relationship...
LARRY COKER You can count the number of Latino shows that have been on Broadway on one hand,
RICK NAJERA I miss Broadway, what little there is on Broadway now.
JACKEE HARRY Cinderella is making her Broadway debut. It's an honor to step into that position and, in that w...
LAURA OSNES I think coming East and doing something like Broadway would probably be a good career move.
VICKI LAWRENCE Our perimeter play has been very good for us. We have a lot of very good outside shooters. Nikki (Ca...
DAVE NICHOLS We had a good, good rehearsal. We didn't go very long, but it has been a good spring. We wanted to m...
HOUSTON NUTT God has definitely been good to me.
JACOB BATALON We're very pleased with that. It has been a good year for us.
MICHAEL NARDOLILLI They have been playing really steady and very good. But we are very confident. We have been doing a ...
VICTOR BATISTA There's never been a woman that won it, so we don't know, there may never be. But there have not bee...
JULIE TAYMOR Education has always been very important to me.
FREDDIE STROMA It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme par...
JOHN LITHGOW We feel very optimistic, frankly. Not only have earnings been good, but the outlook also has been pr...
MARK STOECKLE I then moved to LA when I was 16... but before that I had done a play on Broadway.
DANNY MASTERSON And David Barnes played a very good innings. He has been a terrific signing for us and has been very...
DAVID BARR We've had some very good practices over the holidays. Our intensity has been good and we've been foc...
DEBBIE CASTO The chance to work on Broadway choreography as opposed to having to deliver Broadway choreography ca...
DAMIAN WOETZEL I've been able to go on and have a successful career on Broadway and certainly the last five yea...
DAVID CASSIDY I think she did great. I'm very proud of her. It's great for her, it's great for Broadway.
TIM ROBBINS I wanted to be on Broadway, but in musical comedy.
CAROL BURNETT Broadway now is presented in about 90 cities across the United States, and the touring business seem...
JED BERNSTEIN It's just profit-takers moving in after what has been a very, very good run in the share price.
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ANDY HASTE Overall, it's been a good week. We're very pleased. I've never seen this many people in the city ove...
JAMES TATE I go to a lot of plays. I tend to prefer the off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway more than the Broadwa...
ELLEN CHENOWETH The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experien...
BERNADETTE PETERS I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Li...
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ETHEL MERMAN I Got Rhythm really put me on the map.
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ETHEL MERMAN You gotta have a gimmick.
ETHEL MERMAN I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird.
ETHEL MERMAN Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.
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ETHEL BARRYMORE Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think n...
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ETHEL KENNEDY You grow up the first day you have your first good laugh-at yourself.
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ETHEL BARRYMORE When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, ...
ETHEL BARRYMORE I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.
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ETHEL BARRYMORE We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do.
ETHEL BARRETT You must learn day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more...
ETHEL BARRYMORE You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself.
ETHEL BARRYMORE The people are unreal. The flowers are unreal, they don't smell. The food is unreal, it doesn't tast...
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ETHEL BARRYMORE It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays.
ETHEL WATERS Introspection! I hate it!
ETHEL KENNEDY We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.
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ETHEL WATERS When you dominate other people's emotions, the time has to come when you will have to pay, and h...
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ETHEL ANDRUS The human contribution is the essential ingredient.
ETHEL ANDRUS What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost;/ but what I gave away will be mine forever.
ETHEL ANDRUS Such to me is the new image of aging: growth in self and service for all mankind
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ETHEL WATERS Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.
ETHEL MUMFORD God gives us relatives; thank God we can choose our friends.
ETHEL MUMFORD New York is only 97 miles from Philadelphia but was the Big Time as no other American city has ever ...
ETHEL WATERS No one in the world can beat Ella Fitzgerald as a riff singer.
ETHEL WATERS Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, w...
ETHEL WATERS We all must pay the price to be our genuine selves.
ETHEL RUSSELL None of the seven is really good, for the excellent reason that Australian children never are.
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ETHEL BARRYMORE The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist is wrong. I belong t...
ETHEL BARRYMORE At the present moment, with little or no detail to hand, it is difficult for me to make any comment,...
ETHEL ROSENBERG I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from h...
ETHEL WATERS Pinky.
ETHEL WATERS St. Louis Blues.
ETHEL WATERS You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job righ...
ETHEL WATERS It's saved many a guy from wives, girlfriends, whatever.
ETHEL SHATFORD The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.
ETHEL BARRYMORE The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.
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ETHEL BARRYMORE Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragemen...
ETHEL BARRYMORE Deep Are the Roots.
ETHEL BARRYMORE Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a p...
ETHEL BARRYMORE All my life I've been prejudiced against wealthy people.
ETHEL WATERS There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing.
ETHEL WATERS All the moms, and dads, and kids, and grandparents - everybody helps.
ETHEL GROSSMAN We have big serving lines in the kitchen. They fill your plate and they take it out, and you never k...
ETHEL GROSSMAN We order the meat [in advance] because it has to be kosher.
ETHEL GROSSMAN It used to be a buffet, but that would take forever now.
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ETHEL BARRYMORE Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire f...
ETHEL WATERS The white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I...
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ETHEL ROSENBERG A writer's mind seems to be situated partly in the solar plexus and partly in the head.
ETHEL WILSON It's a young man's game, a single man's game.
ETHEL SHATFORD Those Were the Good Old Days.
ETHEL ROSENBERG We are innocent... To forsake this truth is to pay too high a price even for the priceless gift of l...
ETHEL ROSENBERG Well, if I used the privilege of self-incrimination at that time, I must have felt that perhaps ther...
ETHEL ROSENBERG Well, it was alleged that he was a member of the Communist Party.
ETHEL ROSENBERG I refuse to answer on the ground that this might be incriminating.
ETHEL ROSENBERG The condition of my child was very poor.
ETHEL ROSENBERG I never heard any such conversation.
ETHEL ROSENBERG Behind every man who achieves success, Stands a mother, a wife and the IRS
ETHEL JACOBSON Kosher means clean. Kosher meat is butchered in a very special way so that the animal doesn't suffer...
ETHEL GROSSMAN It can be stressful - you listen to one sad, bad, situation - sometimes one after the other.
ETHEL FITZPATRICK Lots of time, you pray a lot and you cry a lot because you're hoping you're trying to do the right t...
ETHEL BUSSMAN There are people who come in who don't know what they would have done if they hadn't come in.
ETHEL BUSSMAN She heard through somebody else that I had experience, and I wasn't even looking for a job.
ETHEL BUSSMAN That's all there is; there isn't any more.
ETHEL BARRYMORE He brewed his tea in a blue china pot, poured it into a chipped white cup with forget-me-nots on the...
ETHEL POCHOCKI You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.
ETHEL BARRYMORE I never was coddled, or liked, or understood by my family.
ETHEL WATERS Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didn't live long enough to share some of the mo...
ETHEL WATERS There's no hypocrisy in Hell's Kitchen.
ETHEL WATERS I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn...
ETHEL WATERS Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drink...
ETHEL WATERS My whole family could sing. My family harmonized without any instruments to accompany them.
ETHEL WATERS Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races.
ETHEL WATERS I never felt I belonged. I was always an outsider.
ETHEL WATERS All the men in my life have been two things: an epic and an epidemic.
ETHEL WATERS I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with, but you can't go back to them and ...
ETHEL WATERS I have reason to be shy. I've been hurt plenty.
ETHEL WATERS The Kennedys were very organized. Dinner was always served at 7:15, and if you were a minute late, i...
ETHEL KENNEDY I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.
ETHEL BARRYMORE That's all there is; there isn't any more.
ETHEL BARRYMORE When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, ...
ETHEL BARRYMORE Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person
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ETHEL WATTS MUMFORD In the midst of life we are in debt.
ETHEL WATTS MUMFORD Because I have conducted my own operas and love sheep-dogs; because I generally dress in tweeds, and...
DAME ETHEL SMYTH The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others th...
ETHEL PERCY ANDRUS The habit some writers indulge in of perpetual quotation is one it behooves lovers of good literatur...
DAME ETHEL SMYTH All quiet along the Potomac to-night, no sound save the rush of the river, while soft falls the dew ...
ETHEL LYNN BEERS Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.
ETHEL WATTS MUMFORD Knowledge is power if you know about the right person.
ETHEL WATTS MUMFORD What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost; but what I gave away will be mine forever.
ETHEL PERCY ANDRUS We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and ou...
ETHEL PERCY ANDRUS The human contribution is the essential ingredient.
ETHEL PERCY ANDRUS What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost;/ but what I gave away will be mine forever.
ETHEL PERCY ANDRUS Such to me is the new image of aging: growth in self and service for all mankind
ETHEL PERCY ANDRUS God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends
ETHEL WATTS MUMFORD The greatest possession is Self-possession
ETHEL WATTS MUMFORD Knowledge is power if you know about the right person
ETHEL WATTS MUMFORD What could our worst enemy do to damage this strong and beautiful country? He could do no better tha...
ETHEL GRODZINS ROMM The greatest possession is self-possession.
ETHEL WATTS MUMFORD God gives us our relatives, thank God we can choose our friends.
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