“Some people think reality must be constantly depressing, but I think reality is something you rise above.”

— Liza Minnelli

Interview with Rona Barrett. Quoted by Emanuel Levy in Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer (2009) http://books.google.com/books?id=AxI9_F9MXxIC&q=%22Some+people+think+reality+must+be+constantly+depressing%22+%22but+I+think+reality+is+something+you+rise+above%22&pg=PA218#v=onepage

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American actress and singer 1946

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