"Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living."
― Ethel Merman
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― Ethel Merman
More From Ethel Merman
- "Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own."
- "Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most."
- "I wouldn’t change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes."
More In Business
- "I’ve been talking to certain wrestlers on the phone lately, and certain female wrestlers that were huge stars ten years ago, and the first thing I ask them is ‘do you still want to work?’ Do they want to talk, or do they want to wrestle or do something else in the business?"― Hulk Hogan
- "For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again."― Howard Nemerov
- "I didn’t come into the business to get awards or titles."― Julie Walters