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Lucille Ball: If you want...

Lucille Ball: If you want...

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can...

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Amie Comeaux: I'm moving out<br>Me...

Amie Comeaux: I'm moving out
Me...

I'm moving out
Me and my best friend Louise got it all figured out
She's got the car and I've got the...

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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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Judy Garland: I've never looked...

Judy Garland: I've never looked...

I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.

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Liza Minnelli: It was no...

Liza Minnelli: It was no...

It was no great tragedy being Judy Garland's daughter. I had tremendously interesting childhood years -- except they...

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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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Elayne Boosler: My ancestors wandered...

Elayne Boosler: My ancestors wandered...

My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask...

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Elayne Boosler: Ever notice that...

Elayne Boosler: Ever notice that...

Ever notice that Soup For One is eight aisles away from Party Mix?

Source: From an...

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Judy Collins: I am glad...

Judy Collins: I am glad...

I am glad so many women singers are being heard in music today. It is healthy for music . . . healthy because it means...

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Betty Carter: After me there...

Betty Carter: After me there...

After me there are no more jazz singers . . . It's a crime that no little singer is back there sockin' it to me in my...

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Zora Neale Hurston: When a man...

Zora Neale Hurston: When a man...

When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.

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Louise A Bogan: I hope that...

Louise A Bogan: I hope that...

I hope that one or two immortal lyrics will come out of all this tumbling about.

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Charlotte Bronte: The writer who...

Charlotte Bronte: The writer who...

The writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master- something that at time...

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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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Debra Winger: I make decisions...

Debra Winger: I make decisions...

I make decisions for my life, not the other way around. Besides, when you have a kid, you must weigh everything...

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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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Lana Turner: You're trying to...

Lana Turner: You're trying to...

You're trying to cheapen me. But you won't. Not me. Oh, I'll make it, Mr. Loomis, but it'll be my...

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Mae West: Marriage is a...

Mae West: Marriage is a...

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

Source: In...

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Cornelia Otis Skinner: I can't see...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: I can't see...

I can't see how any woman can find time to do to herself all the things that must apparently be done to make herself...

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Carrie Fisher: I am a...

Carrie Fisher: I am a...

I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by...

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