Джуди Гарленд цитаты

О тишине, О людях

„Всегда будь первосортной версией себя самой, а не второсортной версией кого-то.“

„Не губы мои ты целовал, а душу.“

О душе

„Мне никогда не удавалось посмотреть в свою замочную скважину, без того, чтобы не обнаружить, что кто-то смотрит с другой стороны.“

„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.“

As quoted in Little Girl Lost (1974) by Al DiOrio, p. 9

„For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.“

„As 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.“

Letter to Harold Arlen, as quoted in Over the Rainbow : The Wizard of Oz as a Secular Myth of America (1991) by Paul Nathanson, p. 340

„In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.“

„Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.“

As quoted in Business Etiquette for the Nineties : Your Ticket to Career Success (1992) by Lou Kennedy, p. 8
Вариант: Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.

„You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage.“

LIFE magazine (2 June 1961)
Контексте: You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.

„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.“

„How strange when an illusion dies. It's as though you've lost a child.“

„I'm just an Irish biddy.“

Press Confrence, Sydney Australia (18 May 1964)

„I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.“

As quoted in The Observer (18 February 1951)

„I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.“

Interview, NBC TV (16 March 1961)

„I wanted to believe, and I tried my damnedest to believe, in the rainbow I tried to get over, and I couldn't! … So what? Lots of people can't!“

As quoted in Judy (1974) by Gerold Frank, p. 566

„Go and tell that nasty, rude little princess that we've known each other for long enough and gabbed enough in ladies' rooms that she should skip the ho-hum royal routine and just pop over here and ask me herself. … Tell her I'll sing if she christens a ship first.“