I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old

I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time

Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist

I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame

Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most

Now what kind of an attitude is that, 'These things happen?' They only happen because this whole country is just full of people who, when these things happen, they just say, 'These things happen,' and that's why they happen! We gotta have control of what happens to us.

I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes