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Anne Bronte: All true histories...

Anne Bronte: All true histories...

All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial...

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Angela Carter: There are lots...

Angela Carter: There are lots...

There are lots of things that you can brush under the carpet about yourself until you're faced with somebody whose...

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Willa Cather: Winter lies too...

Willa Cather: Winter lies too...

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and...

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Judy Blume: Let children read...

Judy Blume: Let children read...

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't...

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Candice Bergen: Dreams are, by...

Candice Bergen: Dreams are, by...

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Barbra Streisand: I was a...

Barbra Streisand: I was a...

I was a personality before I became a person. I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy...

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Beatrice Lillie: I took up...

Beatrice Lillie: I took up...

I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking...

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Amie Comeaux: I'm moving out<br>Me...

Amie Comeaux: I'm moving out
Me...

I'm moving out
Me and my best friend Louise got it all figured out
She's got the car and I've got the...

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Hedda Hopper: I can wear...

Hedda Hopper: I can wear...

I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it's a conversation piece.

Source:...

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Alice Childress: Life is just...

Alice Childress: Life is just...

Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave -- and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the...

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Alice Childress: Child, when hard...

Alice Childress: Child, when hard...

Child, when hard luck fall it just keep fallin'.

Source: Oldtimer in Wine in the...

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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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Ingrid Bergman: I have no...

Ingrid Bergman: I have no...

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to...

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Marlo Thomas: One of the...

Marlo Thomas: One of the...

One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally...

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Jean Harlow: This place certainly...

Jean Harlow: This place certainly...

This place certainly reeks of hospitality and good cheer, or maybe it's this cheese.

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Lynn Fontanne: We can be...

Lynn Fontanne: We can be...

We can be bought, but we can't be bored.

Source: On offers from Hollywood,...

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Mrs Patrick Campbell: Do you know...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: Do you know...

Do you know why God withheld the sense of humour from women?
That we may love you instead of laughing at...

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Meryl Streep: Integrate what you...

Meryl Streep: Integrate what you...

Integrate what you believe into every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of...

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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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