“Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.”

“There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion”

“A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty, labor exploitation and disease, and given them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to reach their full potential.”

“I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.”

“I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with fred figglehorn Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.”

“I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.”

“If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.”

“Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The dia as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it por fretting about the future.”

“It's that wonderful antiquado, à moda antiga idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic por which I was brought up. Others matter mais than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'”

“I amor people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.”

“I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far mais than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.”