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Ma Rainey: You see me...

Ma Rainey: You see me...

You see me ravin', you hear me crying,
Of Lawd, this lonely heart of maine,
Sometimes I'm grieving from my hat...

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Gracie Allen: When I was...

Gracie Allen: When I was...

When I was born I was so surprised that I didn't talk for a year and a half.

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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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Lucille Ball: I regret the...

Lucille Ball: I regret the...

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no...

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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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Joan Baez: The only thing...

Joan Baez: The only thing...

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of...

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Alice Childress: . . ....

Alice Childress: . . ....

. . . and realizing there is no such thing as the Black experience. . . . Time and events allow for change on both...

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Ethel Barrymore: Wrinkles should only...

Ethel Barrymore: Wrinkles should only...

Wrinkles should only indicate where smiles have been.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Katharine Hepburn: My greatest strength...

Katharine Hepburn: My greatest strength...

My greatest strength is . . . common sense. I'm really a standard brand -- like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's...

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Sophia Loren: The two big...

Sophia Loren: The two big...

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in...

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Jane Sherwood Ace: I'm a ragged...

Jane Sherwood Ace: I'm a ragged...

I'm a ragged individualist.

Source: Easy Aces Radio Show, 1928-1945; in The Fine...

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Whoopi Goldberg: I am an...

Whoopi Goldberg: I am an...

I am an artist, art has no color and no sex.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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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: Comedy is tragedy...

Carol Burnett: Comedy is tragedy...

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

Source: From Charades, an internet collection of...

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Etty Hillesum: Every day I...

Etty Hillesum: Every day I...

Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes,...

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Barbara De Angelis: A man's brain...

Barbara De Angelis: A man's brain...

A man's brain has a more difficult time shifting from thinking to feeling than a women's brain...

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Barbara De Angelis: Men are just...

Barbara De Angelis: Men are just...

Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.

Source:...

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Elizabeth Bowen: One can live...

Elizabeth Bowen: One can live...

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Source: The Heat of the...

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Jessamyn West: Fiction is [a...

Jessamyn West: Fiction is [a...

Fiction is [a form of writing which] reveals truths that reality obscures.

Source:...

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Sarah Orne Jewett: The thing that...

Sarah Orne Jewett: The thing that...

The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper -- whether...

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