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Gail Parent: Don't we realize...

Gail Parent: Don't we realize...

Don't we realize we're a business, we single girls are? Every building that goes up in Manhattan has more than fifty...

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Tina Turner: The real power...

Tina Turner: The real power...

The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself -- something that's in all of...

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Whitney Houston: I was aware...

Whitney Houston: I was aware...

I was aware of people staring at me. No one moved. They seemed almost in trance. I just stared at the clock in the...

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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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Lena Horne: It's ill-becoming for...

Lena Horne: It's ill-becoming for...

It's ill-becoming for an old broad to sing about how bad she wants it. But occasionally we...

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Lady Bird Johnson: The coach has...

Lady Bird Johnson: The coach has...

The coach has turned into a pumpkin and the mice have all run away.

Source: Said...

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Berenice Abbott: I am so...

Berenice Abbott: I am so...

I am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I'll be there until the last minute,...

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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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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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Liza Minnelli: Whenever we were...

Liza Minnelli: Whenever we were...

Whenever we were on a plane, we had a family.

Source: On life with her mother Judy...

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Rita Rudner: Men reach their...

Rita Rudner: Men reach their...

Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at forty-five. Do you get the feeling God is playing a...

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Patti Smith: People have the...

Patti Smith: People have the...

People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

Source: From a collection of...

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Gail Parent: She knew what...

Gail Parent: She knew what...

She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.

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Joan Rivers: Yeah, I read...

Joan Rivers: Yeah, I read...

Yeah, I read history. But it doesn't make you nice. Hitler read history, too.

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Joan Rivers: Diets, like clothes,...

Joan Rivers: Diets, like clothes,...

Diets, like clothes, should be tailored to you.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Hedda Hopper: Two of the...

Hedda Hopper: Two of the...

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox...

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Mari Evans: Idiom is larger...

Mari Evans: Idiom is larger...

Idiom is larger than geography; it is the hot breath of a people singing, slashing, explorative. Imagery becomes the...

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Lauren Bacall: Looking at yourself...

Lauren Bacall: Looking at yourself...

Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life.

Source: In Daily...

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Marlo Thomas: Never face facts;...

Marlo Thomas: Never face facts;...

Never face facts; if you do you'll never get up in the morning.

Source: From an...

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Maria Schell: I love the...

Maria Schell: I love the...

I love the United States, but I see here everything is measured by success, by how much money it makes, not the...

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