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Louise Erdrich: I think a...

Louise Erdrich: I think a...

I think a title is like a magnet. It begins to draw these scraps of experience or conversation or memory to it....

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Dodie Smith: Truthfulness so often...

Dodie Smith: Truthfulness so often...

Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

Source: I Capture the Castle,...

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Beth Henley: That's what I...

Beth Henley: That's what I...

That's what I like about [smoking] . . . taking a drag off of death, Mmm! Gives me a sense of controlling my own...

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Beth Henley: I find it...

Beth Henley: I find it...

I find it fascinating to think about what the world is going to be like when people won't talk...

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Terry McMillan: It takes me...

Terry McMillan: It takes me...

It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want to make sure God...

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Vita Sackville-West: I have come...

Vita Sackville-West: I have come...

I have come to the conclusion after many years of sometimes sad experience, that you cannot come to any conclusion at...

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Emma Lazarus: Give me your...

Emma Lazarus: Give me your...

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming...

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Kathleen Turner: You're not too...

Kathleen Turner: You're not too...

You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man.

Source: Turner, as Matty...

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Lily Tomlin: If you read...

Lily Tomlin: If you read...

If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered...

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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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Lady Bird Johnson: The coach has...

Lady Bird Johnson: The coach has...

The coach has turned into a pumpkin and the mice have all run away.

Source: Said...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: [I want] minimum...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: [I want] minimum...

[I want] minimum information given with maximum politeness.

Source: Instructions to...

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Ma Rainey: You ll never...

Ma Rainey: You ll never...

You ll never miss the sunshine till the rain begin to fall
Never miss the sunshine till the rain begin to...

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Joan Baez: Hypothetical questions get...

Joan Baez: Hypothetical questions get...

Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers.

Source: Daybreak, 1966.
-- Joan...

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Helen Hayes: An actress always...

Helen Hayes: An actress always...

An actress always knows when she's hit it and mostly you haven't; but once or twice I think I hit it right, so maybe...

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Jeanne Moreau: Acting deals with...

Jeanne Moreau: Acting deals with...

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he...

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Shelley Winters: In Hollywood, all...

Shelley Winters: In Hollywood, all...

In Hollywood, all marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes...

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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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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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Amy Lowell: Books are more...

Amy Lowell: Books are more...

Books are more than books. They are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and...

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