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Judy Garland: I was born...

Judy Garland: I was born...

I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.

Source: In Observer...

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Joan Rivers: My routines come...

Joan Rivers: My routines come...

My routines come out of total unhappiness. My audiences are my group therapy.

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Phyllis Diller: You can say...

Phyllis Diller: You can say...

You can say the nastiest things about yourself without offending anyone.

Source: In...

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Beatrice Lillie: Happiness for the...

Beatrice Lillie: Happiness for the...

Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense -- adapting one-self to circumstances...

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Drew Barrymore: God made a...

Drew Barrymore: God made a...

God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My limbs...

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Catherine Deneuve: Opportunities are often...

Catherine Deneuve: Opportunities are often...

Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.

Source:...

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Alice Childress: . . ....

Alice Childress: . . ....

. . . it's a poor kind of man that won't fight for his own freedom.

Source: In And...

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Patti Smith: As far as...

Patti Smith: As far as...

As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.

Source: In Words of Women...

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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: This will be...

Joanna Baillie: This will be...

This will be triumph! this will be happiness! yea, that very thing, happiness, which I have been pursuing all my life,...

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Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Nothing will do...

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Nothing will do...

Nothing will do me any good unless I learn to control this body of mine.

Source: In...

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Audre Lorde: I train myself...

Audre Lorde: I train myself...

I train myself for triumph by knowing it is mine no matter what.

Source: The Cancer...

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Letitia Landon: How disappointment tracks...

Letitia Landon: How disappointment tracks...

How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Beah Richards: Having grown up...

Beah Richards: Having grown up...

Having grown up in a racist culture where 2 and 2 are not 5, I have found life to be incredibly theatrical and theater...

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Sophia Loren: There is a...

Sophia Loren: There is a...

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of...

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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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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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Marie Dressler: I have no...

Marie Dressler: I have no...

I have no patience with women who measure and weigh their love like a country doctor dispensing capsules. If a man is...

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Marie Dressler: There is a...

Marie Dressler: There is a...

There is a vast difference between success at twenty-five and success at sixty. At sixty, nobody envies you. ...

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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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