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Alice Roosevelt Longworth: I've always believed...

Alice Roosevelt Longworth: I've always believed...

I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested...

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Diane Sawyer: I'm always fascinated...

Diane Sawyer: I'm always fascinated...

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

Source: TV Guide.
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Patricia Fripp: People who concentrate...

Patricia Fripp: People who concentrate...

People who concentrate on giving good service always get more personal satisfaction as well as better business. How...

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Liz Smith: Do not join...

Liz Smith: Do not join...

Do not join encounter groups. If you enjoy being made to feel inadequate, call your...

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Pauline Kael: In the arts,...

Pauline Kael: In the arts,...

In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is...

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Ethel Barrymore: For an actress...

Ethel Barrymore: For an actress...

For an actress to be a success she must have the face of Venus, the brains of Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the...

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Sally Field: I was raised...

Sally Field: I was raised...

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge...

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Patricia Neal: When you call...

Patricia Neal: When you call...

When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a...

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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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Hermione Gingold: Fighting is essentially...

Hermione Gingold: Fighting is essentially...

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.

Source:...

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Gloria Vanderbilt: . . ....

Gloria Vanderbilt: . . ....

. . . that is the best -- to laugh with someone because you both think the same things are...

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Sara Teasdale: I have no...

Sara Teasdale: I have no...

I have no riches but my thoughts,
Yet these are wealth enough for me.


Source:...

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Dodie Smith: For though he...

Dodie Smith: For though he...

For though he had very little Latin beyond Cave canem, he had, as a young dog, devoured Shakespeare (in a tasty...

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Louise A Bogan: I hope that...

Louise A Bogan: I hope that...

I hope that one or two immortal lyrics will come out of all this tumbling about.

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Charlotte Bronte: Life is so...

Charlotte Bronte: Life is so...

Life is so constructed that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

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Nathalie Sarraute: . . ....

Nathalie Sarraute: . . ....

. . . what is hidden beneath the interior monologue: an immense profusion of sensations, images, sentiments, memories,...

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Anne Bradstreet: Thou ill-form,d offspring...

Anne Bradstreet: Thou ill-form,d offspring...

Thou ill-form,d offspring of my feeble brain . . .

Source: From the Author to her...

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Carol Burnett: When you have...

Carol Burnett: When you have...

When you have a dream you've got to grab it and never let go.

Source: In The...

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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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Elayne Boosler: To listen to...

Elayne Boosler: To listen to...

To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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