Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
JUDY GARLANDI try to bring the audience’s own drama – tears and laughter they know about – to them.
More Judy Garland Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.
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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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Audiences have kept me alive.
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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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We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.
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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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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 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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Give the people what they want and then go have a hamburger.
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