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Elizabeth Ashley: In a great...

Elizabeth Ashley: In a great...

In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes.

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Deborah Kerr: Personally, I think...

Deborah Kerr: Personally, I think...

Personally, I think if a woman hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be...

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Lynn Fontanne: Warm the pot...

Lynn Fontanne: Warm the pot...

Warm the pot first, please, then put two heaping teaspoonfuls in the pot no bags in boiling water, and when it's in,...

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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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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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Eleonora Duse: If the sight...

Eleonora Duse: If the sight...

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move...

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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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Katherine Anne Porter: Most people won't...

Katherine Anne Porter: Most people won't...

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything...

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Gayl Jones: My great-grandmama told...

Gayl Jones: My great-grandmama told...

My great-grandmama told my grandmama . . . and my grandmama told my mama what they both lived through and my mama told...

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Rita Mae Brown: A peacefulness follows...

Rita Mae Brown: A peacefulness follows...

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

Source: Sudden Death
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Anna Sewell: There is no...

Anna Sewell: There is no...

There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not...

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Judith Krantz: It's that or...

Judith Krantz: It's that or...

It's that or get fat again, she told herself, as she . . . searched the windows for new merchandise. The thrill was in...

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Harper Lee: I'm no idealist...

Harper Lee: I'm no idealist...

I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it...

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Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful -- there are far too many children.

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Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

But to some He gives only a soul, without intelligence and these, who never grow up, but remain always His children,...

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Betty Ford: . . ....

Betty Ford: . . ....

. . . a woman . . . told us she was forever getting herself into trouble. But I just keep coming back, she said. I...

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Elizabeth II: Like all the...

Elizabeth II: Like all the...

Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family...

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Ninon de Lenclos: Much more genius...

Ninon de Lenclos: Much more genius...

Much more genius is needed to make love than to command armies.

Source: In The...

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Sarah Orne Jewett: The road was...

Sarah Orne Jewett: The road was...

The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back.

Source: The Country of the...

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Dorothy L Sayers: None of us...

Dorothy L Sayers: None of us...

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that -- they have...

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