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There have been people who have tried to take advantage of me. They want to be linked to me just because I'm Ethel Merman. ↗

— Ethel Merman

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When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest. ↗

— Ethel Merman

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I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't? ↗

— Paul Merton

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Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and such daunting problems of communication. ↗

— James Merrill

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'Project Runway' was my guilty pleasure while my son was napping or nursing. ↗

— Debra Messing

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My school days were the happiest days of my life; which should give you some indication of the misery I've endured over the past twenty-five years. ↗

— Paul Merton

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When I wake up on a Monday morning and I realise I don't have to go and work at the civil service, I really think I've won. ↗

— Paul Merton

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I don't always vote in general elections, but I think I've always voted Labour. ↗

— Paul Merton

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I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it. ↗

— Paul Merton

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I was trying to organise my DVDs into a sort of chronological order, and I am afraid that it all trailed off after the Sixties. ↗

— Paul Merton

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