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Marie de Sevigne: . . ....

Marie de Sevigne: . . ....

. . . long journeys are strange things: if we were always to continue in the same mind we are in at the end of a...

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Mae West: It's not the...

Mae West: It's not the...

It's not the men in my life that counts, it's the life in my men.

Source: In The...

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Katharine Hepburn: My greatest strength...

Katharine Hepburn: My greatest strength...

My greatest strength is . . . common sense. I'm really a standard brand -- like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's...

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Marilyn Monroe: A sex symbol...

Marilyn Monroe: A sex symbol...

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold,...

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Sophia Loren: The two big...

Sophia Loren: The two big...

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in...

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Lillian Gish: Young man, if...

Lillian Gish: Young man, if...

Young man, if God had wanted you to see me that way, he would have put your eyes in your...

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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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Bessie Smith: When my bed...

Bessie Smith: When my bed...

When my bed is empty,
Makes me feel awful mean and blue.
My springs are getting rusty,
Living single like I...

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Bessie Smith: It's a long...

Bessie Smith: It's a long...

It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.

Source: Long OId Road,...

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Agnes George DeMille: When you perform...

Agnes George DeMille: When you perform...

When you perform . . . you are out of yourself larger and more potent, more beautiful. You are for minutes heroic....

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Gracie Allen: When I was...

Gracie Allen: When I was...

When I was born I was so surprised that I didn't talk for a year and a half.

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Hedda Hopper: At one time...

Hedda Hopper: At one time...

At one time I thought he wanted to be an actor. He had certain qualifications, including no money and a total lack of...

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Alice Childress: Like snowflakes, the...

Alice Childress: Like snowflakes, the...

Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and...

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Alice Childress: . . ....

Alice Childress: . . ....

. . . it's a poor kind of man that won't fight for his own freedom.

Source: In And...

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Patricia Neal: When you call...

Patricia Neal: When you call...

When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a...

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Anne Baxter: It's best to...

Anne Baxter: It's best to...

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the...

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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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Claudette Colbert: Men don't get...

Claudette Colbert: Men don't get...

Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair.

Source: In...

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