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Kim Cattrall: If you stick...

Kim Cattrall: If you stick...

If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of...

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Hermione Gingold: My father dealt...

Hermione Gingold: My father dealt...

My father dealt in stocks and shares and my mother also had a lot of time on her hands.

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Louise Erdrich: His thoughts swam...

Louise Erdrich: His thoughts swam...

His thoughts swam between us, hidden under rocks, disappearing in weeds, and I was fishing for them, dangling my own...

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Louise Erdrich: Columbus only discovered...

Louise Erdrich: Columbus only discovered...

Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.

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Louise Erdrich: I was in...

Louise Erdrich: I was in...

I was in love with the whole world and all that lived in its rainy arms.

Source: In...

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Marsha Norman: Dreams are illustrations...

Marsha Norman: Dreams are illustrations...

Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.

Source: The...

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Louise A Bogan: Life and death...

Louise A Bogan: Life and death...

Life and death occur, as they must, but they are all bound up with love and hatred, in the individual bosom, and it is...

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Nathalie Sarraute: Television has lifted...

Nathalie Sarraute: Television has lifted...

Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major...

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Katharine Hepburn: Everyone thought I...

Katharine Hepburn: Everyone thought I...

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always...

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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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Mary Tyler Moore: I'm not an...

Mary Tyler Moore: I'm not an...

I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Jane Fonda: It's never too...

Jane Fonda: It's never too...

It's never too late -- never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.

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Phyllis Diller: Always be nice...

Phyllis Diller: Always be nice...

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

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Lucille Ball: Luck? I don't...

Lucille Ball: Luck? I don't...

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is...

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Adelaide A Proctor: See how time...

Adelaide A Proctor: See how time...

See how time makes all grief decay.

Source: Life in Death, The Poems of Adelaide...

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Marian Anderson: Prayer begins where...

Marian Anderson: Prayer begins where...

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Lena Horne: Always be smarter...

Lena Horne: Always be smarter...

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

Source: Interview - 1985.
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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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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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Pearl Bailey: I see their...

Pearl Bailey: I see their...

I see their souls, and I hold them in my hands, and because I love them they weigh nothing. [on...

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