Hollywood is a strange place if you’re in trouble. Everybody thinks it’s contagious.
JUDY GARLANDAlways be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
More Judy Garland Quotes
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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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I try to bring the audience’s own drama – tears and laughter they know about – to them.
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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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Behind every cloud is another cloud.
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The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.
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I’m the original take-orders girl.
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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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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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We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.
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If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely?
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How strange when an illusion dies. It’s as though you’ve lost a child.
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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 was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.
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I was born in a lovely white house with a garden.
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Audiences have kept me alive.
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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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Give the people what they want and then go have a hamburger.
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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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I’ve been in love with audiences all my life, and I’ve tried to please. I hope I did.
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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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Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.
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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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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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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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Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.
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