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Judith Jamison: Once you've danced,...

Judith Jamison: Once you've danced,...

Once you've danced, you always dance. You can't deny the gifts that God sends your way.

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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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Martha Graham: You are unique,...

Martha Graham: You are unique,...

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled then something has been lost.

Source:...

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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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Jean Harlow: I'm going to...

Jean Harlow: I'm going to...

I'm going to be a lady if it kills me.

Source: In Dinner at Eight, 1933.
-- Jean...

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Geena Davis: Something's like crossed...

Geena Davis: Something's like crossed...

Something's like crossed over in me and I can't go back. I couldn't live.

Source:...

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Donna Reed: When you handle...

Donna Reed: When you handle...

When you handle yourself, use your head; when you handle others, use your heart.

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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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Joanna Baillie: Still on it...

Joanna Baillie: Still on it...

Still on it creeps,
Each little moment at another's heels,
Till hours, days, years, and ages are made up
Of...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Whoso loves<br>Believes the...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Whoso loves
Believes the...

Whoso loves
Believes the impossible.


Source: Aurora Leigh, bk. 5, 1857.
--...

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Joanna Baillie: The mind cloth...

Joanna Baillie: The mind cloth...

The mind cloth shape itself to its own wants
And can bear all things.


Source:...

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Adrienne Rich: We might possess...

Adrienne Rich: We might possess...

We might possess every technological resource . . . but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains formless,...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: You speak of...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: You speak of...

You speak of beginning the education of your son. The moment he was able to form an idea his education was already...

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Joanne Woodward: Sexiness wears thin...

Joanne Woodward: Sexiness wears thin...

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now...

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Sharon Stone: A lot of...

Sharon Stone: A lot of...

A lot of people think that fame is the Band-Aid that cures their ills. I'm no kid, and I knew long before I got famous...

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Tallulah Bankhead: Nobody can be...

Tallulah Bankhead: Nobody can be...

Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Source:...

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Ingrid Bergman: Be yourself. The...

Ingrid Bergman: Be yourself. The...

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Source: From Journey in Word, ed....

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Ruth Etting: Ten Cents A...

Ruth Etting: Ten Cents A...

Ten Cents A Dance
That's what they pay me
Gosh how they weigh me down.


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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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Bette Midler: I didn't belong...

Bette Midler: I didn't belong...

I didn't belong as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I'd known that one day my differentness would be an...

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