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Rita Rudner: I love being...

Rita Rudner: I love being...

I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your...

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Judy Collins: Do what you...

Judy Collins: Do what you...

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

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Alice Childress: Writers are encouraged...

Alice Childress: Writers are encouraged...

Writers are encouraged to keep 'em laughing and complain with good humor in order to win allies. The joke is always on...

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Alice Childress: It becomes almost...

Alice Childress: It becomes almost...

It becomes almost second nature to be on guard against the creative pattern of our own...

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Linda Ronstadt: We were raised...

Linda Ronstadt: We were raised...

We were raised with the idea that we had limitless chances and we got very shocked to learn that wasn't the...

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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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Imelda Marcos: I was no...

Imelda Marcos: I was no...

I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to...

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Grandma Moses: What a strange...

Grandma Moses: What a strange...

What a strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, the other forward; one is of today, the other of...

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Louise Nevelson: I think most...

Louise Nevelson: I think most...

I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's...

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Lauren Bacall: People should tell...

Lauren Bacall: People should tell...

People should tell your children what life is all about -- it's about work.

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Jeanne Moreau: Some people are...

Jeanne Moreau: Some people are...

Some people are addicts. If they don't act, they don't exist.

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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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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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Jane Seymour: Live each day...

Jane Seymour: Live each day...

Live each day the fullest you can, not guaranteeing there'll be a tomorrow, not dwelling endlessly on...

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Hermione Gingold: To call him...

Hermione Gingold: To call him...

To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he...

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Hermione Gingold: Really, sex and...

Hermione Gingold: Really, sex and...

Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered -- and I still do -- which is more...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: There is no...

Sarah Josepha Hale: There is no...

There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of...

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Emma Lazarus: Jews are the...

Emma Lazarus: Jews are the...

Jews are the intensive form of any nationality whose language and customs they adopt.

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Lauren Bacall: I am not...

Lauren Bacall: I am not...

I am not a has-been. I'm a will be.

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