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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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Mahalia Jackson: Time is important...

Mahalia Jackson: Time is important...

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where...

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Joanna Baillie: It is so...

Joanna Baillie: It is so...

It is so seldom that a young fellow has any inclination for the company of an old man. . .

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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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Paula Gunn Allen: We are the...

Paula Gunn Allen: We are the...

We are the land. To the best of my understanding, that is the fundamental idea that permeates American Indian...

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Maureen Duffy: All reduction of...

Maureen Duffy: All reduction of...

All reduction of people to objects, all imposition of labels and patterns to which they must conform, all segregation...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Tis easy enough...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Tis easy enough...

Tis easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song;
But the man worth while is the one who will...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The two kinds...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The two kinds...

The two kinds of people on earth that I mean
Are the people who lift and the people who...

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Vera Brittain: The idea that...

Vera Brittain: The idea that...

The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . . is one of those...

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Vera Brittain: I can think...

Vera Brittain: I can think...

I can think of few important movements for reform in which success was won by any method other than that of an...

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Eleanor Robson Belmont: I was trained...

Eleanor Robson Belmont: I was trained...

I was trained by my husband. He said, If you want a thing done go. If not send. I belong to that group of people who...

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Karen Carpenter: It's kinda nice...

Karen Carpenter: It's kinda nice...

It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep...

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Janis Joplin: You got to...

Janis Joplin: You got to...

You got to get it while you can. . .

Source: Get It While You Can.
-- Janis...

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Mariah Carey: A lot of...

Mariah Carey: A lot of...

A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about...

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Cher: I can trust...

Cher: I can trust...

I can trust my friends. . . . These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to...

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Pearl Bailey: I never really...

Pearl Bailey: I never really...

I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns...

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Fanny Brice: I never liked...

Fanny Brice: I never liked...

I never liked the men I loved, and never loved the men I liked.

Source: In The...

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Fanny Brice: Your audience gives...

Fanny Brice: Your audience gives...

Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an...

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Zora Neale Hurston: I have been...

Zora Neale Hurston: I have been...

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in...

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Charlotte Bronte: Feeling without judgement...

Charlotte Bronte: Feeling without judgement...

Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a...

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