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Judy Collins: Do what you...

Judy Collins: Do what you...

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

Source:...

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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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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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Joanna Baillie: Words of affection,...

Joanna Baillie: Words of affection,...

Words of affection, howso'er express'd,
The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.


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Rita Dove: I prefer to...

Rita Dove: I prefer to...

I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives...

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Rita Dove: We tend to...

Rita Dove: We tend to...

We tend to be so bombarded with information. . . This is antithetical to the kind of openness and perception you have...

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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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Ntozake Shange: Our society allows...

Ntozake Shange: Our society allows...

Our society allows people to be absolutely neurotic and totally out of touch with their feelings and everyone else's...

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Billie Holiday: If I don't...

Billie Holiday: If I don't...

If I don't have friends, then I ain't nothing.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Joni Mitchell: Moons and Junes...

Joni Mitchell: Moons and Junes...

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked...

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Marie Lloyd: A little of...

Marie Lloyd: A little of...

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Source: Song title
-- Marie Lloyd,...

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Edith Evans: Death is my...

Edith Evans: Death is my...

Death is my neighbour now.

Source: Said a week before her death. BBC radio...

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Mae West: It is better...

Mae West: It is better...

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mae...

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Carrie Fisher: I am a...

Carrie Fisher: I am a...

I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by...

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Whoopi Goldberg: If every American...

Whoopi Goldberg: If every American...

If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time...

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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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Marilu Henner: I definitely enjoy...

Marilu Henner: I definitely enjoy...

I definitely enjoy being in front of people which gives me that exciting immediate rush.

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Liv Ullmann: The older one...

Liv Ullmann: The older one...

The older one gets in this profession, the more people there are with whom one would never work...

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Grandma Moses: I have written...

Grandma Moses: I have written...

I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday . . . I look back on my life a good day's...

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Diane Arbus: Most people go...

Diane Arbus: Most people go...

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks are born with their trauma. They've...

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