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Debra Winger: I have a...

Debra Winger: I have a...

I have a thing with the camera. The lens is unconditional. It doesn't judge you.

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Julia Roberts: What's nice about...

Julia Roberts: What's nice about...

What's nice about my dating life is that I don't have to leave my house. All I have to do is read the paper: I'm...

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Eleonora Duse: If the sight...

Eleonora Duse: If the sight...

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move...

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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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Vera-Ellen: What does it...

Vera-Ellen: What does it...

What does it matter? They're both famous.

Source: As Judy Haynes, discussing which...

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Shirley Booth: Why is it...

Shirley Booth: Why is it...

Why is it that men who can go through severe accidents, air raids, and any other major crisis always seems to think...

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Mae West: I only like...

Mae West: I only like...

I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ethel Barrymore: The best time...

Ethel Barrymore: The best time...

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ethel Barrymore: Wrinkles should only...

Ethel Barrymore: Wrinkles should only...

Wrinkles should only indicate where smiles have been.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Tallulah Bankhead: It's one of...

Tallulah Bankhead: It's one of...

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theater that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night...

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Whoopi Goldberg: I want Carl...

Whoopi Goldberg: I want Carl...

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

Source: Referring to guests she wanted...

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Rosalind Russell: Success is a...

Rosalind Russell: Success is a...

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

Source: Life Is a...

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Letitia Landon: How disappointment tracks...

Letitia Landon: How disappointment tracks...

How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Candice Bergen: Hollywood is like...

Candice Bergen: Hollywood is like...

Hollywood is like Picasso's bathroom.

Source: In New York Post, 14 Feb 1967.
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Jane Fonda: You can do...

Jane Fonda: You can do...

You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast...

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Agnes George DeMille: Living is a...

Agnes George DeMille: Living is a...

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what's next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a...

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Margaret Cho: I?m not going...

Margaret Cho: I?m not going...

I?m not going to die because I failed as someone else. I?m going to succeed as myself.

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Josephine Baker: I believe in...

Josephine Baker: I believe in...

I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.

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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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