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Adrienne Rich: Pride is a...

Adrienne Rich: Pride is a...

Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.

Source: Blood, Bread and Poetry,...

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Anne Spencer: Is any prophet...

Anne Spencer: Is any prophet...

Is any prophet come to teach a new thing
Now in a more apt time?


Source: Before...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: While Genius was...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: While Genius was...

While Genius was thus wasting his strength in eccentric flights, I saw a person of a very different appearance, named...

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Diane Ackerman: A poem records...

Diane Ackerman: A poem records...

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at...

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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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Gloria Swanson: All creative people...

Gloria Swanson: All creative people...

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

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Edith Evans: . . ....

Edith Evans: . . ....

. . . actresses are such very dull people off the stage. We are only delightful and brilliant when we are doing what...

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Roseanne Barr: I know how...

Roseanne Barr: I know how...

I know how to do anything -- I'm a mom.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Lily Tomlin: Instead of working...

Lily Tomlin: Instead of working...

Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- then we...

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Gilda Radner: The goal is...

Gilda Radner: The goal is...

The goal is to live a full, productive life even with all that ambiguity. No matter what hap- pens, whether the cancer...

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Carol Burnett: I don't have...

Carol Burnett: I don't have...

I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?

Source:
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Corita Kent: Love the moment,...

Corita Kent: Love the moment,...

Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.

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Georgia O'Keeffe: I decided that...

Georgia O'Keeffe: I decided that...

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its...

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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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Marjorie Main: PA: Ought'a put...

Marjorie Main: PA: Ought'a put...

PA: Ought'a put up a towel rack ma . . . .
MA: No one is stopping you, that I know of . ....

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Donna Reed: When you handle...

Donna Reed: When you handle...

When you handle yourself, use your head; when you handle others, use your heart.

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Dorothy Gish: We do not...

Dorothy Gish: We do not...

We do not get paid the exorbitant salaries folk believe, but because of our wealthy reputation we are made to suffer...

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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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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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Joan Rivers: My routines come...

Joan Rivers: My routines come...

My routines come out of total unhappiness. My audiences are my group therapy.

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