Deanna Durbin Quotes

#1. She's another Deanna Durbin,' [Harry] Cohn said, 'except that she can't sing.

Gene Tierney

#2. In Naples, there were kids who were just lost. You knew they were never going to get back to what they'd been, or have a normal life. And then there were other ones who you though, maybe they will. What I'm saying is, we're the survivors. Not everyone is. But we are. Okay?

Jennifer Egan

#3. Language and written language are the only real way we have to see inside another person's thoughts and to know what makes another person human. Without writing, we just wouldn't have that kind of access.

Carol Windley

#4. I think of myself as a singer. The acting is just something I have to do between songs.

Deanna Durbin

#5. Half-truths can be more pernicious than outright falsehoods.

Wendy Lesser

#6. I noticed his smile was a little sad. Maybe everyone was a little sad. Maybe so.

Benjamin Alire Saenz

#7. God made me a singer, and I just sang.

Deanna Durbin

#8. There are two ways to learn anything. An interesting way and a boring way. I like the interesting way.

Deanna Durbin

#9. The most meaningful hopes and dreams don't come from outside sources - they come from within.

Beverly K. Bachel

#10. Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else, improves our chances of
building better lives.

Nelson Mandela

#11. I'm tired of playing little girls. I'm a woman now. I can't run around forever being the Little Miss Fix It who bursts into song. I want to get out of Hollywood and get a fresh approach.

Deanna Durbin