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Imelda Marcos: I was no...

Imelda Marcos: I was no...

I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to...

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Simone Signoret: If Marilyn is...

Simone Signoret: If Marilyn is...

If Marilyn is in love with my husband it proves she has good taste, for I am in love with him...

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Simone Signoret: Chains do not...

Simone Signoret: Chains do not...

Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: I decided that...

Georgia O'Keeffe: I decided that...

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its...

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Louise Nevelson: I think most...

Louise Nevelson: I think most...

I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's...

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter: The [commune] movement...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: The [commune] movement...

The [commune] movement is part of a reawakening of belief in the possibilities for utopia that existed in the...

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Glenda Jackson: My money goes...

Glenda Jackson: My money goes...

My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

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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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Mrs Patrick Campbell: Wedlock - the...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: Wedlock - the...

Wedlock - the deep, deep peace of the double bed after the hurly-burly of the...

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Jacqueline Bisset: The thing about...

Jacqueline Bisset: The thing about...

The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn and in terms of acting, there's a lot...

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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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Dorothy Gish: We do not...

Dorothy Gish: We do not...

We do not get paid the exorbitant salaries folk believe, but because of our wealthy reputation we are made to suffer...

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Vita Sackville-West: Women, like men,...

Vita Sackville-West: Women, like men,...

Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with freedom they hate the very idea of...

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Jacqueline Bisset: You need to...

Jacqueline Bisset: You need to...

You need to get in touch with your body ... do dance, movement, learn to be supple, or be someone who's coordinated,...

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Marilyn Monroe: Men are so...

Marilyn Monroe: Men are so...

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Sophia Loren: Mistakes are part...

Sophia Loren: Mistakes are part...

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Source: In Webster's...

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Phylicia Rashad: When you're free...

Phylicia Rashad: When you're free...

When you're free from the idea of doership then something else within you emerges. It is...

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Adrienne Rich: Pride is a...

Adrienne Rich: Pride is a...

Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.

Source: Blood, Bread and Poetry,...

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Mary Caroline Richards: It helps, I...

Mary Caroline Richards: It helps, I...

It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to...

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Candice Bergen: People see you...

Candice Bergen: People see you...

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have...

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