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Dodie Smith: Truthfulness so often...

Dodie Smith: Truthfulness so often...

Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

Source: I Capture the Castle,...

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Vita Sackville-West: I suppose the...

Vita Sackville-West: I suppose the...

I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidences of the determination to...

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Wendy Wasserstein: The real reason...

Wendy Wasserstein: The real reason...

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Source: Interviews with...

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Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned...

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Aphra Behn: Love's a thin...

Aphra Behn: Love's a thin...

Love's a thin diet, nor will keep out cold.

Source: The Lucky Chance, 1686.
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Gwendolyn Brooks: Reading is important...

Gwendolyn Brooks: Reading is important...

Reading is important -- read between the lines. Don't swallow everything.

Source:...

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Elizabeth Bishop: It is like...

Elizabeth Bishop: It is like...

It is like what we imagine knowledge to be: dark, salt, clear, moving, utterly free, drawn from the cold hard mouth of...

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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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Ava Gardner: Everybody kisses everybody...

Ava Gardner: Everybody kisses everybody...

Everybody kisses everybody else in this crummy business all the time. It's the kissiest business in the...

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Geena Davis: I finally understand...

Geena Davis: I finally understand...

I finally understand what all the fuss is about now. It's just like a whole other ball...

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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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Claudette Colbert: Men don't get...

Claudette Colbert: Men don't get...

Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair.

Source: In...

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Tallulah Bankhead: Dahling Congressman Boykin:...

Tallulah Bankhead: Dahling Congressman Boykin:...

Dahling Congressman Boykin: 10 AM is an unprecedented time for a child of the grease paint to cope with the...

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Goldie Hawn: How long can...

Goldie Hawn: How long can...

How long can you be cute?

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success, by...

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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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Marguerite Duras: No other human...

Marguerite Duras: No other human...

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the...

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Anne Tyler: People always call...

Anne Tyler: People always call...

People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.

Source:...

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Rita Mae Brown: A peacefulness follows...

Rita Mae Brown: A peacefulness follows...

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

Source: Sudden Death
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Betty Ford: . . ....

Betty Ford: . . ....

. . . a woman . . . told us she was forever getting herself into trouble. But I just keep coming back, she said. I...

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