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Overbearing stage mother Rose has spent her whole life trying to make
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"I thought you did it for me, Momma." "I thought you did it for me, Momma..." I thought you made a no-talent ox into a star because you like doing things the hard way, Momma.
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What I got in me--what I been holding down inside of me--if I ever let it out, there wouldn't be signs big enough! There wouldn't have been lights bright enough! HERE SHE IS, BOYS! HERE SHE IS, WORLD! HERE'S ROSE!!
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For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: Laurents, Arthur. Gypsy, Theater Communications Group, 2004, pp. 104.
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