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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.


Source: This...

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Emma Lazarus: Give me your...

Emma Lazarus: Give me your...

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: Your world is...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: Your world is...

Your world is as big as you make it.

Source: In Famous Black Quotations, ed. Janet...

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Alice Dunbar-Nelson: It's punishment to...

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: It's punishment to...

It's punishment to be compelled to do what one doesn't wish.

Source: Give Us Each...

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Maxine Kumin: We are, each...

Maxine Kumin: We are, each...

We are, each of us, our own prisoner. We are locked up in our own story.

Source: In...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: It has ever...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: It has ever...

It has ever been since time began,
And ever will be, till time lose breath,
That love is a mood -- no more -- to...

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Coco Chanel: Those who create...

Coco Chanel: Those who create...

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are...

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Polly Adler: Your heart often...

Polly Adler: Your heart often...

Your heart often knows things before your mind does.

Source: In And I Quote, by...

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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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Ruth Etting: Nothing else to...

Ruth Etting: Nothing else to...

Nothing else to do
but sit around and think about you
just think about you/that's all that I...

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Lena Horne: You have to...

Lena Horne: You have to...

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.

Source: Lena,...

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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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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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Oprah Winfrey: Luck is a...

Oprah Winfrey: Luck is a...

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Source: In Reader's Digest,...

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Oprah Winfrey: I have a...

Oprah Winfrey: I have a...

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

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Michelle Pfeiffer: I'm a perfectionist,...

Michelle Pfeiffer: I'm a perfectionist,...

I'm a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad -- and other people, too. At the same time, I think that's one of the...

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Dorothy Gish: I wanted to...

Dorothy Gish: I wanted to...

I wanted to be a tragedienne. I only wanted sad parts. When mother read the press notices when I was on the road,...

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Shirley Booth: Why is it...

Shirley Booth: Why is it...

Why is it that men who can go through severe accidents, air raids, and any other major crisis always seems to think...

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Hermione Gingold: Really, sex and...

Hermione Gingold: Really, sex and...

Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered -- and I still do -- which is more...

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: I am beginning...

Laura Ingalls Wilder: I am beginning...

I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after...

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