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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.

Judy Garland

When I die I have visions of fags singing ‘Over the Rainbow’ and the flag at Fire Island being flown at half mast.
JUDY GARLAND

Death Music Myself Vision
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.
JUDY GARLAND

Love Man Myself Night People Silence Word
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.
JUDY GARLAND

Alone Feeling People Sick Stage World Yourself
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.
JUDY GARLAND

Believe Fantasy Ideas Life Myself Serious
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.
JUDY GARLAND

Dreams Eyes Feeling Life Myself Tears
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.
JUDY GARLAND

Blue Dare Dreams Inspirational Motivational Sky Yourself
I think there’s something peculiar about me that I haven’t died. It doesn’t make sense but I refuse to die.
JUDY GARLAND

Death Myself Thinking Weird
How strange when an illusion dies. It’s as though you’ve lost a child.
JUDY GARLAND

Children Death Illusion Lost Strange
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?
JUDY GARLAND

Home Legend Lonely Myself Order Phone
The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.
JUDY GARLAND

Eyes Greatness Heart Treasure
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
JUDY GARLAND

Be Yourself Original Rate Version
My life, my career has been like a roller coaster. I’ve either been an enormous success or just a down-and-out failure.
JUDY GARLAND

Career Failure Life Myself Success
I try to bring the audience’s own drama – tears and laughter they know about – to them.
JUDY GARLAND

Audience Drama Laughter Myself Tear Try
Audiences have kept me alive.
JUDY GARLAND

Alive Audience One Liner
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 GARLAND

Death Happiness Life Live Suffering Tolerance Yourself
Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.
JUDY GARLAND

Kiss Lips Myself Soul Yourself

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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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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