Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
JUDY GARLANDI think there’s something peculiar about me that I haven’t died. It doesn’t make sense but I refuse to die.
More Judy Garland Quotes
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The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.
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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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I truly have a great love for an audience, and I used to want to prove it to them by giving them blood.
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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.
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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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Hollywood is a strange place if you’re in trouble. Everybody thinks it’s contagious.
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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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I try to bring the audience’s own drama – tears and laughter they know about – to them.
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Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.
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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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If I’m such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you’ve got somebody around who loves you.
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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.
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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.
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Audiences have kept me alive.
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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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