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Brigitte Bardot: I gave my...

Brigitte Bardot: I gave my...

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to...

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Jean Harlow: HARLOW: I was...

Jean Harlow: HARLOW: I was...

HARLOW: I was reading a book the other day . . . the guy said machinery is going to take the place of every...

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Minnie Maddern Fiske: The great actors...

Minnie Maddern Fiske: The great actors...

The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.

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Marjorie Main: Pa ain't much...

Marjorie Main: Pa ain't much...

Pa ain't much for working and the rest the youngen's seem to take after him.

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Claudette Colbert: Why do grandparents...

Claudette Colbert: Why do grandparents...

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy -- the...

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Joan Collins: The secret of...

Joan Collins: The secret of...

The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.

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Ellen Terry: If it is...

Ellen Terry: If it is...

If it is the mark of the artist to love art before everything, to renounce everything for its sake, to think all the...

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Barbara Hepworth: . . ....

Barbara Hepworth: . . ....

. . . I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.

Source: The Sculptor...

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Power is the...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Power is the...

Power is the ability to get things done.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Est?e Lauder: Look for a...

Est?e Lauder: Look for a...

Look for a sweet person. Forget rich.

Source: Advice on choosing a spouse, in New...

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Paula Nelson: Women's battle for...

Paula Nelson: Women's battle for...

Women's battle for financial equality has barely been joined, much less won. Society still traditionally assigns to...

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Paula Nelson: Americans want action...

Paula Nelson: Americans want action...

Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self-reproducing qualities if it's put to work . ....

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Susan RoAne: Networking is an...

Susan RoAne: Networking is an...

Networking is an enrichment program, not an entitlement program.

Source: In Words...

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Grace Hansen: Don't be afraid...

Grace Hansen: Don't be afraid...

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.

Source:...

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Martha Graham: The past is...

Martha Graham: The past is...

The past is not dead; it is not even past. People live on inner time; the moment in which a decisive thought or...

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Marilyn Horne: The thing to...

Marilyn Horne: The thing to...

The thing to do [for insomnia] is to get an opera score and read that. That will bore you to...

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Sophie Tucker: I've been rich...

Sophie Tucker: I've been rich...

I've been rich and I've been poor; Believe me, honey, rich is better.

Source: Some...

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Billie Holiday: If you think...

Billie Holiday: If you think...

If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case...

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Diana Ross: Instead of looking...

Diana Ross: Instead of looking...

Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to...

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Mary Antin: Such creatures of...

Mary Antin: Such creatures of...

Such creatures of accident are we, liable to a thousand deaths before we are born. But once we are here, we may create...

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