Beatrice Lillie quotes
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“[To waiter who had spilled soup on her:] Never darken my Dior again!”
-- Beatrice LillieSource : Quoted in Lore and Maurice Cowan, The Wit of Women (1969)
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“In the theater, I've found that, in general, reaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more inclined to forget its troubles. Matinee customers must enter the theatre in a more matter-of-fact frame of mind, hanging on tightly before they let themselves go.”
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“I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals.”
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“In my experience, anyone can paint if he doesn't have to.”
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“I'll simply say here that I was born Beatrice Gladys Lillie at an extremely tender age because my mother needed a fourth at meals.”
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“Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense - adapting one-self to circumstances - and a sense of humor.”
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“The vows one makes privately are more binding than any ceremony or even a Shubert contract.”
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“I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking chair.”
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“My mum worked as a secretary for Christian Dior. She looked like a movie star.”
Source : "Patsy Kensit: My family values" by Helen Carroll, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2011.
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“Why should I trust you? We haven't drunk from the same bowl of soup.”
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“How someone treats a waiter or doorman can tell you so much about a person.”
Source : "Austin Butler, ‘Carrie Diaries’ Star: ‘I Was Rebellious And A Mess Of A Person’" by Erin Clements, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2013.
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“I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress.”
Source : Song: The Waitress, Album: No Borders Here
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“We shall reduce the Arab population to a community of woodcutters and waiters”
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