The best time to make friends ...

The best time to make friends is before you need them.
 Ethel Barrymore

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The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.
 Ethel Barrymore
The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.
 Ethel Barrymore
[At age 76:] A good life is like a good play -- it has to have a satisfying and exciting third act.
 Ethel Barrymore