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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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Edith Evans: A successful artist...

Edith Evans: A successful artist...

A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until...

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Whoopi Goldberg: You've got to...

Whoopi Goldberg: You've got to...

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

Source: In...

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Lily Tomlin: Instead of working...

Lily Tomlin: Instead of working...

Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- then we...

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Gilda Radner: It is so...

Gilda Radner: It is so...

It is so hard for us little human beings to accept this deal that we get. It's really crazy, isn't it? We act to live,...

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Carol Burnett: Only I can...

Carol Burnett: Only I can...

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Raquel Welch: The mind can...

Raquel Welch: The mind can...

The mind can also be an erogenous zone.

Source: In Colombo's Hollywood, by J.R....

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Mary Pickford: It would have...

Mary Pickford: It would have...

It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way...

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Michelle Pfeiffer: When you're young...

Michelle Pfeiffer: When you're young...

When you're young and have a dream, it's pretty simplistic. You don't think about or have any way of knowing...

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Meryl Streep: You can't get...

Meryl Streep: You can't get...

You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.

Source:
-- Meryl Streep, (Jun...

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Jane Seymour: Live each day...

Jane Seymour: Live each day...

Live each day the fullest you can, not guaranteeing there'll be a tomorrow, not dwelling endlessly on...

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Coco Chanel: When I can...

Coco Chanel: When I can...

When I can no longer create anything, I'll be done for.

Source: Coco Chanel: Her...

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Grandma Moses: . . ....

Grandma Moses: . . ....

. . . daydreams, as it were . . . I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different...

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Diane Arbus: You see someone...

Diane Arbus: You see someone...

You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.

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Aphra Behn: Love ceases to...

Aphra Behn: Love ceases to...

Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.

Source: The Lover's...

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Anne Bradstreet: There is no...

Anne Bradstreet: There is no...

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evill that we feel, or fear, but we...

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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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Alice Meynell: The sense of...

Alice Meynell: The sense of...

The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of...

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Audre Lorde: If I waited...

Audre Lorde: If I waited...

If I waited to be right before I spoke, I would be sending little cryptic messages on the Ouija board, complaints from...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: Forgotten rimes, and...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: Forgotten rimes, and...

Forgotten rimes, and college themes,
Worm-eaten plans, and embryo schemes;
A mass of heterogeneous matter.
A...

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