"At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped - and I haven't had a cigarette since."
-Ethel Merman
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"Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own.“
-Ethel Merman
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"Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own."
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"I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano."
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"Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most."
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"Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living."
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"Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced."
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"Then, when I got in the military, I used to host - even in high school - I hosted the talent shows, and when I was in the military I would host all of our base Christmas parties and stuff."
-Gary Owens
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"At school, there was an annual school disco and I'd be standing in my bedroom wondering what to wear for hours on end. Eventually I'd arrive at a decision that was just the most ridiculous costume you could have ever devised - I think it was probably knitted Christmas jumpers on top of buttoned-up white shirts."
-Guy Berryman
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"No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace, is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas."
-Alfred E. Smith
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"In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the 8 hours when we stop killing each other and gratutious over eating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die!"
-Lloyd Kaufman
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"I wouldn't recommend young kids see 'Speedway Junkie.' It's definitely an age-appropriate movie - dark and realistic and edgy. If young kids want to see me, go see the Christmas movie."
-Jonathan Taylor Thomas
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