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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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Deborah Kerr: Years from now,...

Deborah Kerr: Years from now,...

Years from now, when you talk about this, and you will, be kind.

Source: In Tea and...

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Jean Harlow: This place certainly...

Jean Harlow: This place certainly...

This place certainly reeks of hospitality and good cheer, or maybe it's this cheese.

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Mrs Patrick Campbell: To be made...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: To be made...

To be made to hold his tongue is the greatest insult you can offer him -- though he might be ready with a poker to...

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Dorothy Gish: I'd like to...

Dorothy Gish: I'd like to...

I'd like to make people who see me in comic pantomime on the screen feel the way Mark Twain makes his readers...

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Vera-Ellen: Well, you're not...

Vera-Ellen: Well, you're not...

Well, you're not exactly Superman, but you're awfully available.

Source: On...

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Shirley Booth: Why is it...

Shirley Booth: Why is it...

Why is it that men who can go through severe accidents, air raids, and any other major crisis always seems to think...

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Lauren Bacall: You know you...

Lauren Bacall: You know you...

'You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not...

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Carol Burnett: Words, once they...

Carol Burnett: Words, once they...

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.

Source: In Reader's...

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Sandra Bernhard: Love is the...

Sandra Bernhard: Love is the...

Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth.

Source: In Words of...

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Lily Tomlin: No matter how...

Lily Tomlin: No matter how...

No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.

Source: In 1,911 Best...

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Carol Burnett: Adolescence is just...

Carol Burnett: Adolescence is just...

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

Source: Phil Donahue show NBC TV 16 Oct...

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Marilu Henner: An umeboshi plum...

Marilu Henner: An umeboshi plum...

An umeboshi plum is a little Japensese salt plum. The best thing for motion sickness is to take one of these plums . ....

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Amy Lowell: A man must...

Amy Lowell: A man must...

A man must be sacrificed now and again
To provide for the next generation of men.


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Joanna Baillie: The mind cloth...

Joanna Baillie: The mind cloth...

The mind cloth shape itself to its own wants
And can bear all things.


Source:...

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Marianne Moore: It is human...

Marianne Moore: It is human...

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Rita Dove: Can it be...

Rita Dove: Can it be...

Can it be that even as one grows to fit the space one lives in, one cannot grow until there's space to...

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Sophie Tucker: From birth to...

Sophie Tucker: From birth to...

From birth to 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35, she needs good looks. From 35 to 55, good personality. From...

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Pearl Bailey: The fact is...

Pearl Bailey: The fact is...

The fact is that it takes more than ingredients and technique to cook a good meal. A good cook puts something of...

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Imelda Marcos: I get so...

Imelda Marcos: I get so...

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so...

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