When you have lived the life I’ve lived, when you’ve loved and suffered, and been madly happy and desperately sad — well, that’s when you realize you’ll never be able to set it all down. Maybe you’d rather die first.
JUDY GARLANDHe 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.
More Judy Garland Quotes
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I was born in a lovely white house with a garden.
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Soon the sun beams will smile through. Before you jump out of that bed, just know, the thought of you was the first thing that hit my head.
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If I’m such a legend, then why am I so lonely? If I’m such a legend, then why do I sit at home for hours staring at the damned telephone, hoping it’s out of order, even calling the operator asking her if she’s sure it’s not out of order?
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When I die I have visions of fags singing ‘Over the Rainbow’ and the flag at Fire Island being flown at half mast.
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To let a fool kiss you is bad. To let a kiss fool you is worse. ‘Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.
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If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely?
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I’ve been in love with audiences all my life, and I’ve tried to please. I hope I did.
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There have been times when I have deliberately tried to take my life… I think I must have been crying for some attention.
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People en masse have always been wonderful to me. I truly have a great love for an audience. I want to give them two hours of just pow.
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How strange when an illusion dies. It’s as though you’ve lost a child.
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Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
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I think there’s something peculiar about me that I haven’t died. It doesn’t make sense but I refuse to die.
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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.
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Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.
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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.
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