I've always tried to be cheerful, because I think people who whine are boring, and I never could tolerate bores.

The last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.

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Nuclear

Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

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Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

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I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn’t matter.

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The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.

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Hype Superstar

There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.

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Something

I’ve always tried to be cheerful, because I think people who whine are boring, and I never could tolerate bores.

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Cheerful

There is no short cut to a place worth going.

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Cuts Cutting

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

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Getting Older Running

When you’re in love, the whole world is Jewish.

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Whole Whole World

I can make a pretty tone as well as anyone, but there are times when the drama of a scene demands the opposite of a pretty sound.

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Drama

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

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There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.

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Awful Skinny

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can’t.

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Careers Long

When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.

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Feels Performer Somersaults

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Running

I can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.

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Cheerful Cheerfulness

I’ve always tried to be cheerful, because I think people who whine are boring, and I never could tolerate bores.

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