What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate, that you don't need love when you do or that you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.


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DAY: "I have a good job, a lovely apartment, I go out with very nice men to the best places, the fin...
DORIS DAY
The idea of building a Near Eastern house in Honolulu must seem fantastic to many.
DORIS DUKE
I'm tired of being thought of as Miss Goody Two-Shoes... the girl next door, Miss Happy-Go-Lucky...
DORIS DAY
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.
DORIS DAY
This is the icing on the cake. Nine wonderful years on Everybody Loves Raymond , and to finish it of...
DORIS ROBERTS
Wow, this is the icing on the cake.
DORIS ROBERTS
Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.
DORIS DAY
Any girl can look glamorous .... just stand there and look stupid.
DORIS DAY
We were in San Francisco for a long weekend. And we turned on the TV to check the weather — and th...
DORIS DAY
We had a group picture taken with him and he also did some autographs and George signed an 'Ocean's ...
DORIS PINTER
I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted com...
DORIS DAY
Where others might have faltered, you rose to the occasion, ... This is not just my opinion, which I...
DORIS MEISSNER
Killing an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn't meant to be, and we have no right to do it. A wom...
DORIS DAY
She spoke on various sides of the issue, ... She spoke about how deeply she cared for the child, how...
DORIS MEISSNER
That's a social barrier I don't think we're ready to cross. It's two different worlds. Believe me, I...
DORIS ROBERTS
The real objective here is to deter that kind of migration, ... The best way to deter is to be ready...
DORIS MEISSNER
When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is...
DORIS ROBERTS
If there is a Heaven, I'm sure Rock Hudson is there because he was such a kind person.
DORIS DAY
You can call me an older woman - I don't mind that at all - just don't call me an old one, b...
DORIS ROBERTS
I asked a member of the crew if I could have the sheets that Jon and George laid on autographed and ...
DORIS PINTER
There's no magazine you open, unless its AARP, that shows a woman over the age of 45 in any othe...
DORIS ROBERTS
The worse thing I could have done is to live with a man and not be married. That was the worse thing...
DORIS PAYNE
It's not the fun it used to be. I'm sure I won't be there next year.
DORIS NORTHAM
I told everybody all year long that we've got a good team. To me, they just seem so aggressive.
DORIS NORTHAM
When I was a kid, you know, you went to church and you went to ball games. And that was your enterta...
DORIS NORTHAM
It was my firm conviction, then and now, that we did the right thing on April 22, and we are doing i...
DORIS MEISSNER
That told us we had to be prepared for anything.
DORIS MEISSNER
found the family functioning very well as a family.
DORIS MEISSNER
They need more space and they need more privacy.
DORIS MEISSNER
held in virtual slavery.
DORIS MEISSNER
The arguments for better immigration enforcement and controls are perfectly legitimate, and obviousl...
DORIS MEISSNER
have basically used the legal migration system to their advantage.
DORIS MEISSNER
The longer we do it, the bigger it grows.
DORIS MARSHALL
Our aids are very committed to serving their customers. Money may be a concern but they continue to ...
DORIS MARSHALL
Our budget is really tight but we will continue to explore (increasing reimbursement), but I don't k...
DORIS MARSHALL
I live in a neighborhood, but all the houses are different. There are a lot of different sizes and d...
DORIS LEADBETTER
I think Great Falls is an anomaly because there are so many different types of houses. It's not like...
DORIS LEADBETTER
It's released by the pituitary gland, and it's released by both sexes. The hormone helps induce rela...
DORIS KILGORE
I think a lot of people feel like their lives are out of control, and that they're overloaded. Frequ...
DORIS KILGORE