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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I talk about something I either talk about it or I DO it... the minute I talk about it it's lost all it's drive and all it's fun.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing like Nashville for making records.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
At first I felt terrible, then I realized... that no matter what I do the rest of my life... I'll never do anything as distinguished as getting on Nixon's enemy list.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I kept thinking that the audience had gone to so much trouble, working their schedules to be there. They had arranged for babysitters and even traveled in from out of town. Oh, how could I not be there for them?
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of actors that don't like touring and will do just about anything to get out of it, but I loved it. I loved the cities, the people, and the new experiences it offered.
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
We couldn't let anyone know about it at the time, but I wasn't all that healthy at times. I was battling cancer and had to have treatment in New York once a week, so Mr. Merrick arranged for me to fly out after the show on Sunday, from wherever we were touring, to see my doctor on Monday and fly back in time for the show on Tuesday.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never understood the use of vulgar language, but the definition of 'risque' is open to interpretation. I suppose I did many things in my shows that could be considered risque... at the time... right up until my 90s.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still meet with friends, and I'm enjoying life at 97 here in Palm Springs. They are trying to establish a new theater here in the desert, and if they raise enough money, I understand they might be calling it The Carol Channing Playhouse. Wouldn't that be wonderful? What an honor that would be.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Given the opportunity, I might change a choice I made, but you can't regret making what you thought was the best decision at the time.
- Nov 07, 2020
I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.
- Heavens
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't understand people missing a show because they're sick: They've missed their best performance. You have an obstacle to overcome, and you reach for the heavens, and, doggone it, the heavens answer you.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The distinction between male and female will never stop existing. We are not alike, and I wouldn't want to be.
- Dresses
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- Nov 07, 2020
My clothes are an extension of my personality. I'd look awful in ladylike dresses.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt like jumping out a window when I heard Streisand was doing it. I'd played it four and a half years - I thought Dolly was mine. But after the initial shock wore off, I realized no great part is ever exclusively anybody's.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
He wrote himself into the role of Dolly. Dolly was hilariously funny and didn't know it. And that's what Thornton Wilder was. He was an adorable man.
- Gone
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- Nov 07, 2020