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Jane Bryant Quinn: The best real-estate...

Jane Bryant Quinn: The best real-estate...

The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties...

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Adela Rogers St Johns: God made man,...

Adela Rogers St Johns: God made man,...

God made man, and then said I can do better than that and made woman.

Source:...

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Jill Johnston: The inmates are...

Jill Johnston: The inmates are...

The inmates are ghosts whose dreams have been murdered.

Source: On Bellevue...

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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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Joan Baez: Only you and...

Joan Baez: Only you and...

Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in...

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Louise Brooks: Most beautiful but...

Louise Brooks: Most beautiful but...

Most beautiful but dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't...

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Lauren Bacall: In Hollywood, an...

Lauren Bacall: In Hollywood, an...

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of...

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Carol Burnett: Adolescence is just...

Carol Burnett: Adolescence is just...

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

Source: Phil Donahue show NBC TV 16 Oct...

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: In trying to...

Helen Gahagan Douglas: In trying to...

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been...

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Susan Griffin: A story is...

Susan Griffin: A story is...

A story is told as much by silence as by speech.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The man who...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The man who...

The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vision and...

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Marilyn Monroe: I have too...

Marilyn Monroe: I have too...

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife . . . . I guess I am a fantasy.

Source:...

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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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Julia Roberts: If all you...

Julia Roberts: If all you...

If all you have to offer is a look that is suppose to be appealing, the you are going to be paid attention to about a...

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Marie Dressler: I have no...

Marie Dressler: I have no...

I have no patience with women who measure and weigh their love like a country doctor dispensing capsules. If a man is...

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Marie Dressler: There is a...

Marie Dressler: There is a...

There is a vast difference between success at twenty-five and success at sixty. At sixty, nobody envies you. ...

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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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Kim Cattrall: I think the...

Kim Cattrall: I think the...

I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that it's more of an actor's medium. I think that film is more of a...

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Maya Ying Lin: It terrified me...

Maya Ying Lin: It terrified me...

It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally...

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Maya Ying Lin: You really can't...

Maya Ying Lin: You really can't...

You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist, I make...

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