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“People do live. People don't die with cancer, they live with cancer.”
“Africa is doing little to protect its most valuable assets, the wildlife. Some of the game wardens are poaching on the preserves they're hired to protect.”
“If you want to go without hose, you should have a razor as handy as your tooth brush. But suntan your legs, if you are not wearing stockings.”
“I absolutely love to work and when they asked me to appear on 'Edge of Night' I thought it would be great fun.”
“It's a good feeling to be able to help, when help is needed. That's one reason I also went into politics. But by politics I don't mean the smoke-filled room sense, but simply being active in community affairs.”
“I was working live TV, things like the 'My Favorite Husband' series, when I heard about this 'Gunsmoke' casting. I had been a fan of its radio show. I was a real pushy broad. I got myself all gussied up and sat in the producer's office 'til I got tested.”
“A great deal of my energy is directed toward battling the Los Angeles Animal Regulation Department.”
“I love working.”
“I feel that I have my own personality and I don't want to be typed as anyone else.”
“I believe that I would not have smoked had I seen a label on a cigarette package or in a cigarette ad that said 'Warning: Cigarette smoking may cause death from heart disease, cancer or emphysema.'”
“Cancer touches everybody.”
“I am a victim of oral cancer, a victim of cigarette smoking.”
“I like to come and go as I please which means I'm not anxious to dash back from the studio to fix dinner for a man.”
“Don't ever call the 'bush' the jungle. That marks you as a rank beginner.”
“I always was concerned about puppy dogs and pussycats.”
“I love poking and looking for things for the house, so I make a great many trips to Mexico.”
“I made a couple of pictures that weren't even Bs. They were Zs.”
“There was the usual summer stock, the New England tours and then I started doing all kinds of roles for CBS after moving to California.”
“I did the 'Gunsmoke' pilot for $250. We were all so hungry, we would have done anything.”
“I gave up my fur coats years ago - what an ego trip, walking around wearing cut-up animals. Besides, fur coats don't last. I'd rather have diamonds.”