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Stevie Smith: The Englishwoman is...

Stevie Smith: The Englishwoman is...

The Englishwoman is so refined
She has no bosom and no behind.


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Charlotte Bronte: Men judge us...

Charlotte Bronte: Men judge us...

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

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Wendy Wasserstein: Sometimes I want...

Wendy Wasserstein: Sometimes I want...

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I...

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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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Emily Carr: It is wonderful...

Emily Carr: It is wonderful...

It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw, not because she is Canada but because she's something...

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Diane Arbus: Everybody has that...

Diane Arbus: Everybody has that...

Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people...

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Elizabeth Arden: Death not merely...

Elizabeth Arden: Death not merely...

Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from the hazardous flux to which...

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Sharon Stone: At first it...

Sharon Stone: At first it...

At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a...

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Mae West: I wrote the...

Mae West: I wrote the...

I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed...

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Katharine Hepburn: I have many...

Katharine Hepburn: I have many...

I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if...

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Katharine Hepburn: Without discipline, there's...

Katharine Hepburn: Without discipline, there's...

Without discipline, there's no life at all.

Source: The Dick Cavett Show -- ABC,...

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Ilka Chase: Among famous traitors...

Ilka Chase: Among famous traitors...

Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather.

Source: The Varied...

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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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Mahalia Jackson: It is easy...

Mahalia Jackson: It is easy...

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing -- that's the...

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Marian Anderson: There are many...

Marian Anderson: There are many...

There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate,...

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Marian Anderson: When you stop...

Marian Anderson: When you stop...

When you stop having dreams and ideals -- well, you might as well stop altogether.

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Cher: I can trust...

Cher: I can trust...

I can trust my friends. . . . These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to...

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Fanny Brice: When love is...

Fanny Brice: When love is...

When love is out of your life, you're through in a way. Because while it is there it's like a motor that's going, you...

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Mary Antin: My friendships, my...

Mary Antin: My friendships, my...

My friendships, my advantages and disadvantages, my gifts, my habits, my ambitions these were the materials out of...

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Sophia Loren: Sex appeal is...

Sophia Loren: Sex appeal is...

Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've...

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