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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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Marie Dressler: There is a...

Marie Dressler: There is a...

There is a vast difference between success at twenty-five and success at sixty. At sixty, nobody envies you. ...

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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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Dorothy Gish: I'd like to...

Dorothy Gish: I'd like to...

I'd like to make people who see me in comic pantomime on the screen feel the way Mark Twain makes his readers...

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Kathleen Turner: You're not too...

Kathleen Turner: You're not too...

You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man.

Source: Turner, as Matty...

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Lana Turner: The truth is,...

Lana Turner: The truth is,...

The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold,...

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Jacqueline Bisset: You need to...

Jacqueline Bisset: You need to...

You need to get in touch with your body ... do dance, movement, learn to be supple, or be someone who's coordinated,...

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Katharine Hepburn: I think most...

Katharine Hepburn: I think most...

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're...

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Shirley Temple Black: I stopped believing...

Shirley Temple Black: I stopped believing...

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for...

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Maya Ying Lin: You really can't...

Maya Ying Lin: You really can't...

You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist, I make...

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Edith Head: You can have...

Edith Head: You can have...

You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.

Source: In Words of...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: I decided that...

Georgia O'Keeffe: I decided that...

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its...

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Mary Kay Ash: If you think...

Mary Kay Ash: If you think...

If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.

Source: In...

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Katharine Graham: If one is...

Katharine Graham: If one is...

If one is rich and one's a woman, one can be quite misunderstood.

Source: In The...

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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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Barbara Bush: Believe in something...

Barbara Bush: Believe in something...

Believe in something larger than yourself.

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

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Marie Antoinette: I have seen...

Marie Antoinette: I have seen...

I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all.

Source: Reply to...

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Elizabeth II: It's all to...

Elizabeth II: It's all to...

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

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Elizabeth II: It is easy...

Elizabeth II: It is easy...

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular...

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: Treat your friends...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: Treat your friends...

Treat your friends as you do your picture, and place them in their best light.

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