I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.
JUDY GARLANDI’ve been in love with audiences all my life, and I’ve tried to please. I hope I did.
More Judy Garland Quotes
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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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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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If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely?
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I’ve seen the ticket, and I still can’t believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don’t hit the floor.
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Audiences have kept me alive.
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For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
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We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.
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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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As for my feelings toward “Over the Rainbow”, it’s become part of my life. It is so symbolic of all dreams and wishes that I’m sure that’s why people sometimes get tears in their eyes when they hear it.
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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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How strange when an illusion dies. It’s as though you’ve lost a child.
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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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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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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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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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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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He 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.
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Give the people what they want and then go have a hamburger.
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The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.
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My life, my career has been like a roller coaster. I’ve either been an enormous success or just a down-and-out failure.
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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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Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
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Hollywood is a strange place if you’re in trouble. Everybody thinks it’s contagious.
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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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Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.
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I was born in a lovely white house with a garden.
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