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Rita Rudner: Men reach their...

Rita Rudner: Men reach their...

Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at forty-five. Do you get the feeling God is playing a...

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Rita Rudner: To attract men,...

Rita Rudner: To attract men,...

To attract men, I wear a perfume called ``New Car Interior.''

Source: From a...

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Mahalia Jackson: Time is important...

Mahalia Jackson: Time is important...

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where...

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Joanne Woodward: Intensity is so...

Joanne Woodward: Intensity is so...

Intensity is so much more becoming in the young.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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Joanne Woodward: There can be...

Joanne Woodward: There can be...

There can be no one best way of organizing a business.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Ellen Terry: No amount of...

Ellen Terry: No amount of...

No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth.

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Louise Brooks: There is no...

Louise Brooks: There is no...

There is no other occupation in the world that so closely resembled enslavement as the career of a film...

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Ingrid Bergman: You must train...

Ingrid Bergman: You must train...

You must train your intuition -- you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what...

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Sophia Loren: When you are...

Sophia Loren: When you are...

When you are a mother you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for...

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Sophia Loren: Mistakes are part...

Sophia Loren: Mistakes are part...

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Source: In Webster's...

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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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Lily Tomlin: I always wondered...

Lily Tomlin: I always wondered...

I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was...

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Raquel Welch: We all have...

Raquel Welch: We all have...

We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage...

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Helen Keller: A child ....

Helen Keller: A child ....

A child . . . must feel the flush of victory and the heart-sinking of disappointment before he takes with a will to...

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Julia Child: I think the...

Julia Child: I think the...

I think the inner person is the most important. . . . I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. ...

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Liz Smith: What you become...

Liz Smith: What you become...

What you become is what counts.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success,...

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Pauline Kael: In this country...

Pauline Kael: In this country...

In this country we encourage creativity among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as...

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Pauline Kael: A mistake in...

Pauline Kael: A mistake in...

A mistake in judgment isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.

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Ernestine L Rose: . . ....

Ernestine L Rose: . . ....

. . . the reward of springing from the consciousness of right, of endeavoring to benefit unborn...

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Maggie Kuhn: There must be...

Maggie Kuhn: There must be...

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

Source: In...

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