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Beth Henley: He started hating...

Beth Henley: He started hating...

He started hating me, cause I couldn't laugh at his jokes. I just started finding it impossible to laugh at his jokes...

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Zora Neale Hurston: I want a...

Zora Neale Hurston: I want a...

I want a busy life, a just mind and a timely death.

Source: Dust Tracks on a Road,...

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Vita Sackville-West: Women, like men,...

Vita Sackville-West: Women, like men,...

Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with freedom they hate the very idea of...

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Frances Watkins Harper: I find,...

Frances Watkins Harper: I find,...

I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . ....

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Joanne Woodward: I'm tired of...

Joanne Woodward: I'm tired of...

I'm tired of playing worn-out depressing ladies in frayed bathrobes. I'm going to get a new hairdo and look terrific...

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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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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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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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Sophia Loren: A woman's dress...

Sophia Loren: A woman's dress...

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the...

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Liv Ullmann: The older one...

Liv Ullmann: The older one...

The older one gets in this profession, the more people there are with whom one would never work...

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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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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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Billie Holiday: If you think...

Billie Holiday: If you think...

If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case...

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Marian Anderson: When you stop...

Marian Anderson: When you stop...

When you stop having dreams and ideals -- well, you might as well stop altogether.

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Pearl Bailey: We must change...

Pearl Bailey: We must change...

We must change in order to survive.

Source: Hurry Up American and Split,...

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Nancy Reagan: I must say...

Nancy Reagan: I must say...

I must say acting was good training for the political life which lay ahead for us.

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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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Michelle Pfeiffer: When you're young...

Michelle Pfeiffer: When you're young...

When you're young and have a dream, it's pretty simplistic. You don't think about or have any way of knowing...

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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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Jacqueline Bisset: The thing about...

Jacqueline Bisset: The thing about...

The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn and in terms of acting, there's a lot...

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