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Denise Levertov: One of the...

Denise Levertov: One of the...

One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as...

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Sarah Siddons: Sorry am I...

Sarah Siddons: Sorry am I...

Sorry am I to say, I have often observed that I have performed worst when I most ardently wished to do better than...

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Amie Comeaux: Some things are...

Amie Comeaux: Some things are...

Some things are meant to happen
Some things are bound to be
Love has a way of making doubting hearts...

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Joan Baez: The point on...

Joan Baez: The point on...

The point on nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer...

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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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Sophia Loren: Getting ahead in...

Sophia Loren: Getting ahead in...

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent,...

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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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Lynn Fontanne: We can be...

Lynn Fontanne: We can be...

We can be bought, but we can't be bored.

Source: On offers from Hollywood,...

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Minnie Maddern Fiske: The great actors...

Minnie Maddern Fiske: The great actors...

The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.

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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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Meryl Streep: Don't let your...

Meryl Streep: Don't let your...

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth -- don't let...

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Julia Roberts: They say I...

Julia Roberts: They say I...

They say I can open movies, and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just...

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Joan Collins: I've never yet...

Joan Collins: I've never yet...

I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a...

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Edith Head: Your dresses should...

Edith Head: Your dresses should...

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a...

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Gloria Vanderbilt: I've always believed...

Gloria Vanderbilt: I've always believed...

I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success.

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Grandma Moses: I have written...

Grandma Moses: I have written...

I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday . . . I look back on my life a good day's...

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Corita Kent: Women's liberation is...

Corita Kent: Women's liberation is...

Women's liberation is the liberation of the feminine in the man and the masculine in the...

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Louise Nevelson: When you are...

Louise Nevelson: When you are...

When you are doing a piece you are with it. You don't want to wait until next week, when experience will have given...

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Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumblebee...

Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumblebee...

Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying...

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Katharine Graham: A mistake is...

Katharine Graham: A mistake is...

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

Source: In The Manager's Book of...

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