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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: The woman who...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: The woman who...

The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound...

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Betty Ford: When I say...

Betty Ford: When I say...

When I say we've had an ideal marriage, I'm not just talking about physical attraction, which I can imagine can wear...

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Mary Robinson: The aim of...

Mary Robinson: The aim of...

The aim of human rights, if I may borrow a term from engineering, is to move beyond the design and drawing-board...

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Edith Clara Summerskill: Prize-fighting is still...

Edith Clara Summerskill: Prize-fighting is still...

Prize-fighting is still accepted as a display worthy of a civilized people despite the fact that all those connected...

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Elizabeth II: Like all the...

Elizabeth II: Like all the...

Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family...

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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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Diane Arbus: Love involves a...

Diane Arbus: Love involves a...

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.

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Paula Nelson: The best business...

Paula Nelson: The best business...

The best business plans are straightforward documents that spell out the who, what, where, why, and how...

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Sophia Loren: It's a mistake...

Sophia Loren: It's a mistake...

It's a mistake to think that once you're done with school you need never learn anything...

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Jeanne Moreau: Age does not...

Jeanne Moreau: Age does not...

Age does not protect you from love, but love, to some extent, protects you from age.

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Patricia Neal: A master can...

Patricia Neal: A master can...

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though awakens your own...

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Debra Winger: I don't believe...

Debra Winger: I don't believe...

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work. I'm not interested in some 'big picture that would be really good for...

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Debra Winger: I was never...

Debra Winger: I was never...

I was never afraid of failure after that because, I think, coming that close to death you get kissed. With the years,...

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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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Lynn Fontanne: Warm the pot...

Lynn Fontanne: Warm the pot...

Warm the pot first, please, then put two heaping teaspoonfuls in the pot no bags in boiling water, and when it's in,...

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Meryl Streep: Don't let your...

Meryl Streep: Don't let your...

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth -- don't let...

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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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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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Zora Neale Hurston: Research is formalized...

Zora Neale Hurston: Research is formalized...

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Source:...

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