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Ingrid Bergman: I have no...

Ingrid Bergman: I have no...

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to...

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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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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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Geena Davis: Something's like crossed...

Geena Davis: Something's like crossed...

Something's like crossed over in me and I can't go back. I couldn't live.

Source:...

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Loretta Swit: I just can't...

Loretta Swit: I just can't...

I just can't wait to get out there on stage. There's no anxiety at all. I love being able to take this journey with...

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Joan Rivers: Yeah, I read...

Joan Rivers: Yeah, I read...

Yeah, I read history. But it doesn't make you nice. Hitler read history, too.

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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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Rita Rudner: Most turkeys taste...

Rita Rudner: Most turkeys taste...

Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.

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Bernice Johnson Reagon: There is nowhere...

Bernice Johnson Reagon: There is nowhere...

There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up.

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Alice Childress: I think women...

Alice Childress: I think women...

I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep...

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Patti Smith: Rock n' roll...

Patti Smith: Rock n' roll...

Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by...

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Ellen Terry: No amount of...

Ellen Terry: No amount of...

No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth.

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Sharon Stone: A lot of...

Sharon Stone: A lot of...

A lot of people think that fame is the Band-Aid that cures their ills. I'm no kid, and I knew long before I got famous...

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Brigitte Bardot: Women get more...

Brigitte Bardot: Women get more...

Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.

Source: In The...

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Mae West: I wrote the...

Mae West: I wrote the...

I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed...

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Sarah Bernhardt: To be a...

Sarah Bernhardt: To be a...

To be a good actor . . . it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each...

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Carol Burnett: Celebrity was a...

Carol Burnett: Celebrity was a...

Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.

Source:...

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May Sarton: The creative person,...

May Sarton: The creative person,...

The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power...

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Nikki Giovanni: We black women...

Nikki Giovanni: We black women...

We black women are the single group in the West intact. And anybody can see we're pretty shaky. We are, however (all...

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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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