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Elizabeth Taylor: I've always admitted...

Elizabeth Taylor: I've always admitted...

I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Maria Schell: If there were...

Maria Schell: If there were...

If there were one city I should pick to live in, it would be New York. It is a city where I walk down the street and...

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Jacqueline Bisset: You've got to...

Jacqueline Bisset: You've got to...

You've got to work on your voice, it's your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where...

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Betty Grable: The woman's vision...

Betty Grable: The woman's vision...

The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. With the man the world is his heart, with the woman the...

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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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Louise Nevelson: You must create...

Louise Nevelson: You must create...

You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world.

Source: In Words of...

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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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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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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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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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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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Jane Sherwood Ace: Home wasn't built...

Jane Sherwood Ace: Home wasn't built...

Home wasn't built in a day.

Source: Easy Aces Radio Show, 1928-1945; in The Fine...

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Jane Sherwood Ace: Time wounds all...

Jane Sherwood Ace: Time wounds all...

Time wounds all heels.

Source: Easy Aces Radio Show, 1928-1945; in The Fine Art of...

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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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Raquel Welch: We all have...

Raquel Welch: We all have...

We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage...

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: If one lets...

Helen Gahagan Douglas: If one lets...

If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged...

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Dinah Shore: The best money...

Dinah Shore: The best money...

The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything...

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Christina Aguilera: Right now I'm...

Christina Aguilera: Right now I'm...

Right now I'm pretty single . . . . My career is my boyfriend.

Source: Interview...

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Mary Antin: It is not...

Mary Antin: It is not...

It is not that I belong to the past, but the past that belongs to me.

Source: The...

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Pat Nixon: I have sacrificed...

Pat Nixon: I have sacrificed...

I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious in order to advance the political career of my...

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