Doris Day

thumb|right|I’ve always said, "No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I’m going to come right back up." Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; 3 April 1922 – 13 May 2019) was an American actor, singer, and animal welfare advocate. Quotes The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it. As quoted in Doris Day : Her Own Story (1975) as told to A. E. Hotchner I’ve been through everything. I always said I was like those round-bottomed circus dolls — you know, those dolls you could push down and they’d come back up? I’ve always been like that. I’ve always said, "No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I’m going to come right back up." "People Who Matter: An Interview with Doris Day" by Cameron Woo and Nellie McKay in The Bark, Issue 34, (January - February 2006) Misattributed Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. Though she is quoted as saying this in a 1996 interview, she is also quoted as saying it is a maxim which she follows as a Christian Scientist; it comes from the Christian Science Hymnal, Hymn 249, "O, when we see God's mercy" by Vivian Burnett: "Our gratitude is riches, complaint is poverty." External links Doris Day Animal Foundation 13 Category:1922 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Actresses from Cincinnati Category:Women singers from the United States Category:Memoirists from the United States Category:Women authors from the United States Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Category:Christian Scientists Category:Women born in the 1920s