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Bessie Smith: When my bed...

Bessie Smith: When my bed...

When my bed is empty,
Makes me feel awful mean and blue.
My springs are getting rusty,
Living single like I...

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Elayne Boosler: Ever notice that...

Elayne Boosler: Ever notice that...

Ever notice that Soup For One is eight aisles away from Party Mix?

Source: From an...

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Elayne Boosler: I'm just a...

Elayne Boosler: I'm just a...

I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Joan Baez: Only you and...

Joan Baez: Only you and...

Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in...

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Alice Childress: The twisted circumstances...

Alice Childress: The twisted circumstances...

The twisted circumstances under which we live is grist for the writing mill, the loving, hating and discovering,...

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Katharine Hepburn: Sometimes I wonder...

Katharine Hepburn: Sometimes I wonder...

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and...

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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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Jane Sherwood Ace: The chickens have...

Jane Sherwood Ace: The chickens have...

The chickens have come home to roast.

Source: In Peter's Quotations, by Laurence J....

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Mary Tyler Moore: Sometimes you have...

Mary Tyler Moore: Sometimes you have...

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.

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Mary Tyler Moore: Pain nourishes courage....

Mary Tyler Moore: Pain nourishes courage....

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to...

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Frances Watkins Harper: There is material...

Frances Watkins Harper: There is material...

There is material among us for the broadest comedies and the deepest tragedies, but, besides money and leisure, it...

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Maya Ying Lin: You really can't...

Maya Ying Lin: You really can't...

You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist, I make...

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Coco Chanel: In order to...

Coco Chanel: In order to...

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Source: Coco Chanel: Her...

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Grandma Moses: Life is what...

Grandma Moses: Life is what...

Life is what we make it; always has been, always will be.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Diane Arbus: Everybody has that...

Diane Arbus: Everybody has that...

Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people...

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Lauren Bacall: People should tell...

Lauren Bacall: People should tell...

People should tell your children what life is all about -- it's about work.

Source:...

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Julia Roberts: If all you...

Julia Roberts: If all you...

If all you have to offer is a look that is suppose to be appealing, the you are going to be paid attention to about a...

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Kim Cattrall: I think the...

Kim Cattrall: I think the...

I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that it's more of an actor's medium. I think that film is more of a...

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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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Linda Ronstadt: You have to...

Linda Ronstadt: You have to...

You have to erect a fence and say OK, scale this.

Source: In Words of Women...

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