Julie Andrews

"Marriage is like a graph—it has its ups and downs and as long as things bounce back up again, you’ve got a good marriage. If it heads straight down, then you’ve got some problems!"

- Julie Andrews

"After all, children are children no matter their background."

- Julie Andrews

"There’s music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls, tumbling, gushing."

- Julie Andrews

"When I've least expected it, an enormous opportunity or stroke of luck has crossed right under my nose. So I tell everybody, if you're passionate about what you do and you love it, do it. But do your homework. Because you'll never know when the opportunity is going to happen."

- Julie Andrews

"I think birth and motherhood are not things that you're trained to do. You might have a good example in your own mum, but nobody teaches you how to be a really great mum."

- Julie Andrews

"The arts make a bridge across this world in ways that nothing else can."

- Julie Andrews

"Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth."

- Julie Andrews

"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly."

- Julie Andrews

"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding on the 20th."

- Julie Andrews

"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."

- Julie Andrews

"“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.”"

- Julie Andrews

"There is one thing I should say, and it's important: Young Broadway singers and anybody who is an orator of any kind - lawyers who have to speak in court or pastors or anyone who has a lot of stress on their vocal cords: You should do the maintenance. You should do whatever it takes to feel fresh and good."

- Julie Andrews