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Elizabeth Bishop: It is like...

Elizabeth Bishop: It is like...

It is like what we imagine knowledge to be: dark, salt, clear, moving, utterly free, drawn from the cold hard mouth of...

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Emily Dickinson: Find ecstasy in...

Emily Dickinson: Find ecstasy in...

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

Source: From Journey...

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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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Dinah Shore: Trouble is part...

Dinah Shore: Trouble is part...

Trouble is part of your life -- if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you...

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Barbara Bush: Believe in something...

Barbara Bush: Believe in something...

Believe in something larger than yourself.

Source: Speech, 1990.
-- Barbara...

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Barbara Bush: Somewhere out in...

Barbara Bush: Somewhere out in...

Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White...

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Brigitte Bardot: Women get more...

Brigitte Bardot: Women get more...

Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.

Source: In The...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I have three...

Tallulah Bankhead: I have three...

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I...

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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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Ma Rainey: You ll never...

Ma Rainey: You ll never...

You ll never miss the sunshine till the rain begin to fall
Never miss the sunshine till the rain begin to...

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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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Jane Wagner: I personally think...

Jane Wagner: I personally think...

I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.

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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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Shelley Winters: In Hollywood, all...

Shelley Winters: In Hollywood, all...

In Hollywood, all marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes...

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Geena Davis: I've always looked...

Geena Davis: I've always looked...

I've always looked up to him, even though he is shorter.

Source: Describing Dustin...

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Anne Baxter: Idleness is a...

Anne Baxter: Idleness is a...

Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable,...

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Julia Roberts: If all you...

Julia Roberts: If all you...

If all you have to offer is a look that is suppose to be appealing, then you are going to be paid attention to about a...

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Edith Head: I have yet...

Edith Head: I have yet...

I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals -- like Lassie.

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Elsa Schiaparelli: Women dress alike...

Elsa Schiaparelli: Women dress alike...

Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.

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Gloria Naylor: One should be...

Gloria Naylor: One should be...

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire...

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