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Dodie Smith: Noble deeds and...

Dodie Smith: Noble deeds and...

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Source: I Capture the...

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Zora Neale Hurston: I have a...

Zora Neale Hurston: I have a...

I have a strong suspicion . . . that much that passes for constant love is a golded-up moment walking in its...

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Sara Teasdale: I make the...

Sara Teasdale: I make the...

I make the most of all that comes,
And the least of all that goes.


Source: The...

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Dodie Smith: Truthfulness so often...

Dodie Smith: Truthfulness so often...

Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

Source: I Capture the Castle,...

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Lorraine Hansberry: The thing that...

Lorraine Hansberry: The thing that...

The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you...

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Jane Fonda: You can do...

Jane Fonda: You can do...

You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast...

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Sarah Siddons: I pant for...

Sarah Siddons: I pant for...

I pant for retirement and leisure, but am doomed to inexpressible and almost unsupportable...

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Margaret Cho: I?m not going...

Margaret Cho: I?m not going...

I?m not going to die because I failed as someone else. I?m going to succeed as myself.

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Phyllis Diller: You can say...

Phyllis Diller: You can say...

You can say the nastiest things about yourself without offending anyone.

Source: In...

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Jane Wagner: I made some...

Jane Wagner: I made some...

I made some studies, and reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. I can take it in small...

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Ella Fitzgerald: I guess what...

Ella Fitzgerald: I guess what...

I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is...

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Karen Carpenter: We came out...

Karen Carpenter: We came out...

We came out right in the middle of the hard-rock period . . . it was hard-rock everywhere! But we were ready to make...

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Madonna: Everyone probably thinks...

Madonna: Everyone probably thinks...

Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is...

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Dolly Parton: You'd be surprised...

Dolly Parton: You'd be surprised...

You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap.

Source: In 1,911 Best...

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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.

Source:...

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Eleonora Duse: If the sight...

Eleonora Duse: If the sight...

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move...

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Francesca Annis: It's funny, this...

Francesca Annis: It's funny, this...

It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself...

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Sharon Stone: We Barbie dolls...

Sharon Stone: We Barbie dolls...

We Barbie dolls are not supposed to behave the way I do.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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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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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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