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Beth Henley: That's what I...

Beth Henley: That's what I...

That's what I like about [smoking] . . . taking a drag off of death, Mmm! Gives me a sense of controlling my own...

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Terry McMillan: Can't nothin make...

Terry McMillan: Can't nothin make...

Can't nothin make your life work if you ain't the architect.

Source: In Famous...

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Aphra Behn: Nothing is more...

Aphra Behn: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: The dead of...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: The dead of...

The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.

Source: Poems, 1792.
-- Anna...

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Vera Brittain: I found in...

Vera Brittain: I found in...

I found in you a holy place apart,
Sublime endurance, God in man revealed
Where mending broken bodies slowly...

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Bessie Smith: No time to...

Bessie Smith: No time to...

No time to marry, no time to settle down;
I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin'...

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Beatrice Lillie: [R]eaction and laughter...

Beatrice Lillie: [R]eaction and laughter...

[R]eaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more inclined to forget its...

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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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Helen Hayes: An actress always...

Helen Hayes: An actress always...

An actress always knows when she's hit it and mostly you haven't; but once or twice I think I hit it right, so maybe...

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Debra Winger: I don't believe...

Debra Winger: I don't believe...

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work. I'm not interested in some 'big picture that would be really good for...

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Maria Schell: I like Americans....

Maria Schell: I like Americans....

I like Americans. They always make an effort when they meet you. They want to be liked and to like you; it is always...

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Anne Baxter: It's best to...

Anne Baxter: It's best to...

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the...

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Julia Roberts: I wouldn't do...

Julia Roberts: I wouldn't do...

I wouldn't do nudity in films. To act with my clothes on is a performance. To act with my clothes off is a...

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Cher: The trouble with...

Cher: The trouble with...

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing -- and then marry...

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Imelda Marcos: I was no...

Imelda Marcos: I was no...

I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: [I want] minimum...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: [I want] minimum...

[I want] minimum information given with maximum politeness.

Source: Instructions to...

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Barbara Bush: I married the...

Barbara Bush: I married the...

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw...

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Elizabeth Arden: I'm not interested...

Elizabeth Arden: I'm not interested...

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you...

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Eda LeShan: . ....

Eda LeShan: . ....

. . . in all our efforts to provide advantages we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly...

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Ernestine L Rose: Slavery and freedom...

Ernestine L Rose: Slavery and freedom...

Slavery and freedom cannot exist together.

Source: Speech, 14 May 14 1863, at a...

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