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Mae West: To err is...

Mae West: To err is...

To err is human, but it feels divine.

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West.
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Sally Field: It took me...

Sally Field: It took me...

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

Source: In...

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Elizabeth Taylor: Success is a...

Elizabeth Taylor: Success is a...

Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.

Source: ABC, 6...

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Deborah Kerr: Years from now,...

Deborah Kerr: Years from now,...

Years from now, when you talk about this, and you will, be kind.

Source: In Tea and...

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Jean Harlow: One day when...

Jean Harlow: One day when...

One day when he was eating a cookie he offered me a bite. Don't underestimate that. The poor guy's so frightened of...

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Loretta Swit: M*A*S*H offered real...

Loretta Swit: M*A*S*H offered real...

M*A*S*H offered real characters and everybody identified with them because they had such soul. The humor was...

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Anne Baxter: Idleness is a...

Anne Baxter: Idleness is a...

Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable,...

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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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Jacqueline Bisset: Success as a...

Jacqueline Bisset: Success as a...

Success as a woman has changed me. That's what I feel is the first thing. When I feel like a successful woman as a...

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Marie Dressler: I have no...

Marie Dressler: I have no...

I have no patience with women who measure and weigh their love like a country doctor dispensing capsules. If a man is...

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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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Emily Carr: You always feel...

Emily Carr: You always feel...

You always feel when you look it straight in the eye that you could have put more into it, could have let yourself go...

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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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Elsa Schiaparelli: Women dress alike...

Elsa Schiaparelli: Women dress alike...

Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Power is the...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Power is the...

Power is the ability to get things done.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A concept is...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A concept is...

A concept is stronger than a fact.

Source: Human Work, 1904.
-- Charlotte...

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Polly Adler: Your heart often...

Polly Adler: Your heart often...

Your heart often knows things before your mind does.

Source: In And I Quote, by...

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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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Mae West: Don't marry a...

Mae West: Don't marry a...

Don't marry a man to reform him that's what reform schools are for.

Source: In An...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I've tried several...

Tallulah Bankhead: I've tried several...

I've tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic and the others give me a stiff...

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