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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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Shelley Long: If brains were...

Shelley Long: If brains were...

If brains were money, you'd need to take out a loan to buy a cup of coffee.

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Hermione Gingold: Fighting is essentially...

Hermione Gingold: Fighting is essentially...

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.

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Simone Signoret: Chains do not...

Simone Signoret: Chains do not...

Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the...

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Katharine Graham: Bromidic though it...

Katharine Graham: Bromidic though it...

Bromidic though it may sound, some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to...

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Brigitte Bardot: It is sad...

Brigitte Bardot: It is sad...

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Whoopi Goldberg: You've got to...

Whoopi Goldberg: You've got to...

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

Source: In...

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Lily Tomlin: If truth is...

Lily Tomlin: If truth is...

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library?

Source: In...

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Shirley Temple Black: Mr. President, I...

Shirley Temple Black: Mr. President, I...

Mr. President, I don't know why it took us 200 years for one of us to get the job [of...

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Diane Sawyer: I'm always fascinated...

Diane Sawyer: I'm always fascinated...

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

Source: TV Guide.
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Pauline Kael: In the arts,...

Pauline Kael: In the arts,...

In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is...

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Isabel Burton: He who knows...

Isabel Burton: He who knows...

He who knows not and knows not he knows not:? he is a fool -- shun him.
He who knows not and knows he knows not:?...

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Brenda Ueland: Know that it...

Brenda Ueland: Know that it...

Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is...

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Marsha Sinetar: Life's up and...

Marsha Sinetar: Life's up and...

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as...

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Julie Burchill: Now the whole...

Julie Burchill: Now the whole...

Now the whole dizzying and delirious range of sexual possibilities has been boiled down to that one big, boring,...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: When a woman...

Minna Thomas Antrim: When a woman...

When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is...

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Dorothy Day: In fact, to...

Dorothy Day: In fact, to...

In fact, to this very day, common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just...

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Mary Harris Mother Jones: We must stand...

Mary Harris Mother Jones: We must stand...

We must stand together; if we don't, there will be no victory for any one of us.

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Marion Woodman: Without an understanding...

Marion Woodman: Without an understanding...

Without an understanding of myth or religion, without an understanding of the relationship between destruction and...

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Susan Sontag: A large part...

Susan Sontag: A large part...

A large part of the popularity and persuasiveness of psychology comes from its being a sublimated spiritualism: a...

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