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Marian Anderson: Prayer begins where...

Marian Anderson: Prayer begins where...

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Pearl Bailey: We must change...

Pearl Bailey: We must change...

We must change in order to survive.

Source: Hurry Up American and Split,...

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Madonna: I became an...

Madonna: I became an...

I became an overachiever to get approval from the world

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Dinah Shore: The best money...

Dinah Shore: The best money...

The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything...

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Imelda Marcos: I get so...

Imelda Marcos: I get so...

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so...

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Ava Gardner: Everybody kisses everybody...

Ava Gardner: Everybody kisses everybody...

Everybody kisses everybody else in this crummy business all the time. It's the kissiest business in the...

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Glenda Jackson: I look forward...

Glenda Jackson: I look forward...

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Geena Davis: If you risk...

Geena Davis: If you risk...

If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.

Source: in the Vanity Fair.
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Geena Davis: I finally understand...

Geena Davis: I finally understand...

I finally understand what all the fuss is about now. It's just like a whole other ball...

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Mrs Patrick Campbell: Wedlock - the...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: Wedlock - the...

Wedlock - the deep, deep peace of the double bed after the hurly-burly of the...

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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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Eleonora Duse: Interpretation is the...

Eleonora Duse: Interpretation is the...

Interpretation is the evidence of growth and knowledge, the latter through sorrow -- that great...

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Barbara De Angelis: Love's greatest gift...

Barbara De Angelis: Love's greatest gift...

Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.

Source:...

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Dorothy L Sayers: A continual atmosphere...

Dorothy L Sayers: A continual atmosphere...

A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your...

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Annie Dillard: A schedule defends...

Annie Dillard: A schedule defends...

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand...

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Alice Walker: God is inside...

Alice Walker: God is inside...

God is inside you and inside everybody else. But only them that search for it inside find it. And sometimes it just...

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Harper Lee: Shoot all the...

Harper Lee: Shoot all the...

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a...

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Jane Austen: Nothing is more...

Jane Austen: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an...

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Jane Austen: A large income...

Jane Austen: A large income...

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Source: In The...

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Jane Austen: A single woman...

Jane Austen: A single woman...

A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls; but a single...

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