Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
JUDY GARLANDAs 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.
More Judy Garland Quotes
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Audiences have kept me alive.
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Behind every cloud is another cloud.
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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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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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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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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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I’m the original take-orders girl.
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Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.
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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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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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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’ve been in love with audiences all my life, and I’ve tried to please. I hope I did.
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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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