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Roseanne Barr: I know how...

Roseanne Barr: I know how...

I know how to do anything -- I'm a mom.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Shirley Temple Black: Our whole way...

Shirley Temple Black: Our whole way...

Our whole way of life today is dedicated to the removal of risk. Cradle to grave we are supported, insulated, and...

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Phylicia Rashad: When you're free...

Phylicia Rashad: When you're free...

When you're free from the idea of doership then something else within you emerges. It is...

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Edna St Vincent Millay: The soul can...

Edna St Vincent Millay: The soul can...

The soul can split the sky in two,
And let the face of God shine through.


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Dodie Smith: Noble deeds and...

Dodie Smith: Noble deeds and...

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Source: I Capture the...

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Marsha Norman: We are not...

Marsha Norman: We are not...

We are not afraid to look under the bed, or to wash the sheets; we know that life is messy. We know that somebody has...

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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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Marie Lloyd: Oh, mister porter,...

Marie Lloyd: Oh, mister porter,...

Oh, mister porter, what shall I do?
I wanted to go to Birmingham, but they've carried me on to...

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Pearl Bailey: There's a period...

Pearl Bailey: There's a period...

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour...

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Christina Aguilera: But for me,...

Christina Aguilera: But for me,...

But for me, the greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch peoples' lives. I know that's a greater...

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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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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: I pant for...

Sarah Siddons: I pant for...

I pant for retirement and leisure, but am doomed to inexpressible and almost unsupportable...

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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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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: 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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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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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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Alice Childress: Child, when hard...

Alice Childress: Child, when hard...

Child, when hard luck fall it just keep fallin'.

Source: Oldtimer in Wine in the...

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Elizabeth Ashley: Absence does not...

Elizabeth Ashley: Absence does not...

Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.

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