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Patti Smith: As far as...

Patti Smith: As far as...

As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Mae West: To err is...

Mae West: To err is...

To err is human, but it feels divine.

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West.
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Ruth Draper: Number seven ....

Ruth Draper: Number seven ....

Number seven . . . What's it meant to be, dear? . . . A Study? . . . It doesn't say what of? . . . Well, that's an...

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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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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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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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Donna Reed: If nuclear power...

Donna Reed: If nuclear power...

If nuclear power plants are safe, let the commerical insurance industry insure them. Until these most expert judges of...

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Dorothy Gish: I'd like to...

Dorothy Gish: I'd like to...

I'd like to make people who see me in comic pantomime on the screen feel the way Mark Twain makes his readers...

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Dorothy Gish: I wanted to...

Dorothy Gish: I wanted to...

I wanted to be a tragedienne. I only wanted sad parts. When mother read the press notices when I was on the road,...

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Geraldine Chaplin: It's the change...

Geraldine Chaplin: It's the change...

It's the change of rhythm which I think is what keeps me alive. In Spain I hear so much noise from my window that...

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Jane Seymour: Even though I...

Jane Seymour: Even though I...

Even though I make those movies, I find myself wishing that more of those magic moments could happen in real...

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Hermione Gingold: Really, sex and...

Hermione Gingold: Really, sex and...

Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered -- and I still do -- which is more...

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Fannie Hurst: It takes a...

Fannie Hurst: It takes a...

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

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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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Tina Turner: Sometimes you've got...

Tina Turner: Sometimes you've got...

Sometimes you've got to let everything go -- purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever is...

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Karen Carpenter: We came out...

Karen Carpenter: We came out...

We came out right in the middle of the hard-rock period . . . it was hard-rock everywhere! But we were ready to make...

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Marie Lloyd: I'm one of...

Marie Lloyd: I'm one of...

I'm one of the ruins that Cromwell knocked about a bit.

Source: Song title
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Ethel Merman: I can never...

Ethel Merman: I can never...

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd...

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Pearl Bailey: You never find...

Pearl Bailey: You never find...

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Frances Watkins Harper: What matters it...

Frances Watkins Harper: What matters it...

What matters it if they do forget the singer, so they don't forget the song.

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