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Ingrid Bergman: You must train...

Ingrid Bergman: You must train...

You must train your intuition -- you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what...

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Lily Tomlin: Don't be afraid...

Lily Tomlin: Don't be afraid...

Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had...

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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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Carol Burnett: Having a baby...

Carol Burnett: Having a baby...

Having a baby is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

Source:...

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Jane Fonda: It's never too...

Jane Fonda: It's never too...

It's never too late -- never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.

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Phyllis Diller: Cleaning your house...

Phyllis Diller: Cleaning your house...

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops...

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Drew Barrymore: God made a...

Drew Barrymore: God made a...

God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My limbs...

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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: Material things aside,...

Coco Chanel: Material things aside,...

Material things aside, we need no advice but approval.

Source: Coco Chanel: Her...

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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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Jinger Heath: Don't do anything...

Jinger Heath: Don't do anything...

Don't do anything that someone else can do for you because there are only so many things that only you can...

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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.

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Anita Roddick: I hope to...

Anita Roddick: I hope to...

I hope to leave my children a sense of empathy and pity and a will to right social wrongs.

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Kathy Ireland: I know that...

Kathy Ireland: I know that...

I know that I've been blessed in many ways, and I was fortunate enough to travel the world and meet a lot of...

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Katharine Graham: A mistake is...

Katharine Graham: A mistake is...

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

Source: In The Manager's Book of...

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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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Charlotte Bronte: Better to be...

Charlotte Bronte: Better to be...

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

Source: The Professor, 1846.
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Pearl Bailey: No one can...

Pearl Bailey: No one can...

No one can figure out your worth but you.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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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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Sally Field: I can't deny...

Sally Field: I can't deny...

I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!

Source: On winning an Oscar as...

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