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Grandma Moses: I have written...

Grandma Moses: I have written...

I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday . . . I look back on my life a good day's...

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Candice Bergen: Dreams are, by...

Candice Bergen: Dreams are, by...

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Jane Fonda: You spend all...

Jane Fonda: You spend all...

You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.

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Sarah Siddons: Sorry am I...

Sarah Siddons: Sorry am I...

Sorry am I to say, I have often observed that I have performed worst when I most ardently wished to do better than...

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Barbra Streisand: I was a...

Barbra Streisand: I was a...

I was a personality before I became a person. I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy...

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Joan Rivers: People say that...

Joan Rivers: People say that...

People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key...

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Amie Comeaux: When you smile...

Amie Comeaux: When you smile...

When you smile at me
You take me to a world I never thought I'd see
Your eyes can touch my soul
And fill me...

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Joan Baez: The point on...

Joan Baez: The point on...

The point on nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer...

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Nina Simone: It's time to...

Nina Simone: It's time to...

It's time to take a look at my failures and stop calling them successes. Now I can start working at something that can...

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Louise Brooks: The great art...

Louise Brooks: The great art...

The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of thought and...

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Sharon Stone: A lot of...

Sharon Stone: A lot of...

A lot of people think that fame is the Band-Aid that cures their ills. I'm no kid, and I knew long before I got famous...

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Marilu Henner: I definitely enjoy...

Marilu Henner: I definitely enjoy...

I definitely enjoy being in front of people which gives me that exciting immediate rush.

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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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Loretta Swit: The very first...

Loretta Swit: The very first...

The very first month I played it [Shirley Valentine] I felt like I was flying without a net. But once I realized that...

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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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Dorothy Gish: Do you know...

Dorothy Gish: Do you know...

Do you know New York stifles me? It makes me so unhappy. There are so many things I want, and so many things I...

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Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . ....

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Joanna Baillie: Words of affection,...

Joanna Baillie: Words of affection,...

Words of affection, howso'er express'd,
The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.


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Marian Anderson: Every one has...

Marian Anderson: Every one has...

Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

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Mariah Carey: Butterflies are always...

Mariah Carey: Butterflies are always...

Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.

Source:...

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