Mary Martin citations (13 citations)

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“I do remember that I never wanted to go to bed, to go to sleep, for fear I’d miss something.”

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Source: My Heart Belongs (1976), p. 20
Contexte: Never, never, never can I say I had a frustrating childhood. It was all joy. Mother used to say she never had seen such a happy child — that I awakened each morning with a smile. I don’t remember that, but I do remember that I never wanted to go to bed, to go to sleep, for fear I’d miss something.

“I can't tell you the joy I felt in flying in that show … I loved it so.”

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As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183
Contexte: I can't tell you the joy I felt in flying in that show … I loved it so. The freedom of spirit that was Peter Pan was suddenly there for me. I discovered I was happier in the air than on the ground.

“It was all role playing. I felt Larry was my little brother, Ben my big brother. Role playing was something I had known since I was born, but it wasn't a good basis for a marriage.”

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On her early married life with her first husband Ben Hagman, p. 39
My Heart Belongs (1976)

“Sometimes I think that I cheated my own family and my closest friends by giving to audiences so much of the love I might have kept for them. But that’s the way I was made; I truly don't think I could help it”

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Source: My Heart Belongs (1976), p. 20

“Even as a baby I quickly learned to crawl out of my crib. … They'd put up barriers but I learned how to go over them.”

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As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 6

“Anything was better than playing cards, and I was doing something I wanted to do — creating.”

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On becoming a dance teacher, and creating her own moves, p. 44
My Heart Belongs (1976)

“Peter Pan is perhaps the most important thing, to me, that I have ever done in theater.”

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As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 180

“Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.”

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As quoted in Right Time, Right Place, Right Move, Right Now! (1992) by Perry W. Buffington, Section I : Life

“Things can get very lovey and feasty with a bunch of stimulated hams.”

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Source: My Heart Belongs (1976), p. 268

“I was seventeen years old, a married woman without real responsibilities, miserable about my mixed-up emotions, afraid there was something awfully wrong with me because I didn’t enjoy being a wife. Worst of all, I didn't have enough to do.”

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Source: My Heart Belongs (1976), p. 39

“Neverland is the way I would like real life to be … timeless, free, mischievous, filled with gaiety, tenderness, and magic.”

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As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183

“Mother was the disciplinarian, but it was Daddy who could turn me into an angel with just one look.”

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Source: My Heart Belongs (1976), p. 19

“You are my Peter Pan.”

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To Sandy Duncan, who had told her "You're the only Peter Pan I'll ever know" in a meeting after a Duncan's performance in the role, as quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183