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Mary Antin: It is not...

Mary Antin: It is not...

It is not that I belong to the past, but the past that belongs to me.

Source: The...

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Nancy Reagan: A woman is...

Nancy Reagan: A woman is...

A woman is like a tea bag -- you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot...

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Nancy Reagan: I don't think...

Nancy Reagan: I don't think...

I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an...

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Ilka Chase: When he said...

Ilka Chase: When he said...

When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to...

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Phyllis Diller: Always be nice...

Phyllis Diller: Always be nice...

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

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Rita Rudner: Most turkeys taste...

Rita Rudner: Most turkeys taste...

Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.

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Mae West: Don't marry a...

Mae West: Don't marry a...

Don't marry a man to reform him that's what reform schools are for.

Source: In An...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I am as...

Tallulah Bankhead: I am as...

I am as pure as the driven slush.

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-- Tallulah Bankhead, (Jan 31...

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Jane Sherwood Ace: Home wasn't built...

Jane Sherwood Ace: Home wasn't built...

Home wasn't built in a day.

Source: Easy Aces Radio Show, 1928-1945; in The Fine...

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Emily Carr: You come into...

Emily Carr: You come into...

You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone, yet it seems to me you are more alone while living...

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Lynda Barry: Love is an...

Lynda Barry: Love is an...

Love is an exploding cigar which we willingly smoke.

Source: Big Ideas, 1983.
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Coco Chanel: I invented my...

Coco Chanel: I invented my...

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would...

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Berenice Abbott: Photography can never...

Berenice Abbott: Photography can never...

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be...

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Diane Arbus: Most people go...

Diane Arbus: Most people go...

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their...

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter: To stay ahead,...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: To stay ahead,...

To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.

Source:
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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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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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Jessye Norman: I am grateful...

Jessye Norman: I am grateful...

I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset.

Source: c. 1981; in...

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Beth Henley: I find it...

Beth Henley: I find it...

I find it fascinating to think about what the world is going to be like when people won't talk...

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Zora Neale Hurston: There is nothing...

Zora Neale Hurston: There is nothing...

There is nothing to make you like other human beings so much as doing things for them.

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