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Marie Dressler: In order to...

Marie Dressler: In order to...

In order to represent life on the stage, we must rub elbows with life, live ourselves.

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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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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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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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Maria Callas: I cannot switch...

Maria Callas: I cannot switch...

I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.

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Louise Erdrich: His thoughts swam...

Louise Erdrich: His thoughts swam...

His thoughts swam between us, hidden under rocks, disappearing in weeds, and I was fishing for them, dangling my own...

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Louise Erdrich: They were so...

Louise Erdrich: They were so...

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were;...

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Nathalie Sarraute: Television has lifted...

Nathalie Sarraute: Television has lifted...

Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major...

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Aphra Behn: Variety is the...

Aphra Behn: Variety is the...

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Source: The Rover, Pt II. I
-- Aphra Behn, (Jul...

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Emily Dickinson: Nature is what...

Emily Dickinson: Nature is what...

Nature is what we know -
Yet have not art to say -
So impotent our wisdom is
To her...

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Christina Rossetti: I might show...

Christina Rossetti: I might show...

I might show facts as plain as day:
But since your eyes are blind, you'd say,
Where? What? and turn...

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Ruby Dee: The greatest gift...

Ruby Dee: The greatest gift...

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

Source: With Ossie and Ruby:...

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Louise Brooks: Every actor has...

Louise Brooks: Every actor has...

Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or...

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Mae West: I generally avoid...

Mae West: I generally avoid...

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

Source: 'My Little...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I thought I...

Tallulah Bankhead: I thought I...

I thought I told you to wait in the car.

Source: On seeing a former lover after an...

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Lily Tomlin: Reality is nothing...

Lily Tomlin: Reality is nothing...

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Source: In Pearls of Wisdom, ed. J. Agel...

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Lily Tomlin: When we talk...

Lily Tomlin: When we talk...

When we talk to God, we're praying. When God talks to us, we're schizophrenic.

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Goldie Hawn: Once you can...

Goldie Hawn: Once you can...

Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If...

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Shirley MacLaine: Someday perhaps change...

Shirley MacLaine: Someday perhaps change...

Someday perhaps change will occur when times are ready for it instead of always when it is too late. Someday change...

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Michelle Obama: One of the...

Michelle Obama: One of the...

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says...

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