Burlesque thrived during the Great Depression, and by extension, so, too, did Gypsy [Rose Lee]. Men could no longer afford to pay $5.50 to see a show….

But the shortest works are always the best..

Fear dims when you learn things..

The one is none other than the All, the All none other than the One..

I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized..

I thought both she [Gypsy Rose Lee] and her story would be ill-served by a conventional, birth-to-death narrative, and so I structured the book like ….

In love there is no because..

A day without a smile is a day wasted.

There are some things that cannot be expressed through words. And that is why we dance..

I feel like always wanting more... that's how you grow and learn. You can't just be satisfied with where you are. There's so much more to learn and c….

the more you live the more things reflect all around you!!!!.

Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live..

To me, NOTHING is 'new'..

We get things wrong before we get things right..

You got to go along to get along..

When I look in the mirror, I see an ever-unfolding process..

I'm the only topless octogenarian in Washington..

The Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again; the fact is certain, because it is imp….

We're here to get each other through this thing, whatever it is..

And then the days came when I was alone..

There is no such thing as death..