Quote by Julie Andrews

I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare and liveliness, and my father gave me all the sanity and nature and all the things that helped me be a more rounded human being.

I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother

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This quote essentially expresses the idea that the speaker's mother contributed vibrant and vivacious qualities to their personality, while their father provided stable and grounded attributes. The combination of these contrasting traits resulted in the speaker becoming a well-rounded individual, encompassing both liveliness and sanity.

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