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> [“I imagined there must be hundreds and thousands and millions of people quiet in the dark out there, waiting with baited breath for me, up on that stage and bathed in colored lights, to say something. I opened my mouth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/i-imagined-there-must-be-hundreds-and-thousands-and-millions-of/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

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## More by Elaine Dundy

> [What’s the use of remembering anything? If it was unpleasant it was unpleasant and if it was pleasant it’s over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/what-s-the-use-of-remembering-anything-if-it-was-unpleasant-it-was/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

> [“I'm a real phony, one of those half-baked hot-house plants we're growing nowadays, instead of the honest-to-God two-fisted women we should be...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/i-m-a-real-phony-one-of-those-half-baked-hot-house-plants-we-re/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

> [“He tried to kiss me. One of the few things that had impressed me in college was a Southern girl’s account o how she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/he-tried-to-kiss-me-one-of-the-few-things-that-had-impressed-me-in/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

> [... I was merely a disinterested spectator at the Banquet of Life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/i-was-merely-a-disinterested-spectator-at-the-banquet-of-life/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

> [“You're not playing the game," he said grimly. "English gossip isn't supposed to get back to the person it's about.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/you-re-not-playing-the-game-he-said-grimly-english-gossip-isn-t/)

[elaine dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

> [“I have never known anyone with less money and less visible means of getting hold of it. He had slept around everywhere, from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/i-have-never-known-anyone-with-less-money-and-less-visible-means-of/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

> [The vehemence of my moral indignation surprised me. Was I beginning to have standards and principles, and, oh dear, scruples? What were they, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/the-vehemence-of-my-moral-indignation-surprised-me-was-i-beginning-to/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

> [The world is wide, wide, wide, and I am young, young, young, and we’re all going to live forever!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/the-world-is-wide-wide-wide-and-i-am-young-young-young-and-we-re-all/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

> [I find I always have to write something on a steamed mirror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/i-find-i-always-have-to-write-something-on-a-steamed-mirror/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

> [“I imagined there must be hundreds and thousands and millions of people quiet in the dark out there, waiting with baited breath for me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/i-imagined-there-must-be-hundreds-and-thousands-and-millions-of/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

> [“What did I feel? Appalled. Astonished. Bewildered. I thought I was doing so well. I thought I was charming the hell out of him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/what-did-i-feel-appalled-astonished-bewildered-i-thought-i-was-doing/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

> [ “\[T\]he question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again night after night, but… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/t-he-question-actors-most-often-get-asked-is-how-they-can-bear-saying/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

> [“No matter what you do you've got to try to do it well. Otherwise, it's unbearable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/no-matter-what-you-do-you-ve-got-to-try-to-do-it-well-otherwise-it-s/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

> [“Hated France when I first got over here. Got on the train at Le Havre, and looked out of the window and thought it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/hated-france-when-i-first-got-over-here-got-on-the-train-at-le-havre/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

> [“I remember a little later wondering why things always turn out to be diametrically opposed to what you expect them to be. It's no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/i-remember-a-little-later-wondering-why-things-always-turn-out-to-be/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

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