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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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Alice Childress: I continue to...

Alice Childress: I continue to...

I continue to create because writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale...

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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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Loretta Swit: The very first...

Loretta Swit: The very first...

The very first month I played it [Shirley Valentine] I felt like I was flying without a net. But once I realized that...

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Mrs Patrick Campbell: It doesn't matter...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: It doesn't matter...

It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do it in the street and frighten the...

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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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Lily Tomlin: I always wondered...

Lily Tomlin: I always wondered...

I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was...

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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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Berenice Abbott: Photography can never...

Berenice Abbott: Photography can never...

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be...

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Berenice Abbott: I am so...

Berenice Abbott: I am so...

I am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I'll be there until the last minute,...

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Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativity varies inversely...

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativity varies inversely...

Creativity varies inversely with the number of cooks involved in the broth.

Source:...

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Barbara Ward: There is no...

Barbara Ward: There is no...

There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavour and then leave it half...

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Anna Pavlova: No one can...

Anna Pavlova: No one can...

No one can arrive from being talented alone. God gives talent, work transforms talent into...

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Grace Hansen: Don't be afraid...

Grace Hansen: Don't be afraid...

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.

Source:...

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Judith Jamison: Every dancer lives...

Judith Jamison: Every dancer lives...

Every dancer lives on the threshold of chucking it.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Pearl Bailey: There are two...

Pearl Bailey: There are two...

There are two kinds of talents, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard....

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Pearl Bailey: People see God...

Pearl Bailey: People see God...

People see God every day, they just don't recognize Him.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Mari Evans: If we have...

Mari Evans: If we have...

If we have the Word let us
say it
If we have the Word let us
be it
If we have the Word let...

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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: This idea of...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: This idea of...

This idea of passing one's whole life in moral idleness, and having one's hardest work and duty done by another --...

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Barbara Walters: [Being a parent]...

Barbara Walters: [Being a parent]...

[Being a parent] is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a...

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