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Joan Didion: A place belongs...

Joan Didion: A place belongs...

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes...

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Emily Carr: You always feel...

Emily Carr: You always feel...

You always feel when you look it straight in the eye that you could have put more into it, could have let yourself go...

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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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Lillian Gish: Never get caught...

Lillian Gish: Never get caught...

Never get caught acting.

Source:
-- Lillian Gish, (Oct 14 1893-1993), US...

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Carol Burnett: Celebrity was a...

Carol Burnett: Celebrity was a...

Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.

Source:...

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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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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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Marsha Norman: People do think...

Marsha Norman: People do think...

People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear...

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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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Zora Neale Hurston: Ships at a...

Zora Neale Hurston: Ships at a...

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

Source: Their Eyes were...

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Christina Rossetti: Better by far...

Christina Rossetti: Better by far...

Better by far that you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.

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Emma Lazarus: Give me your...

Emma Lazarus: Give me your...

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming...

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Eliza Cook: Better build schoolrooms...

Eliza Cook: Better build schoolrooms...

Better build schoolrooms for the boy,
Than cells and gibbets for the man.


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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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Michelle Pfeiffer: I like being...

Michelle Pfeiffer: I like being...

I like being prepared. When things are going on and I have to learn my lines at the last minute, I'm never quite...

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Maggie Smith: I've aged, Sidney....

Maggie Smith: I've aged, Sidney....

I've aged, Sidney. There are new lines in my face. I look like a brand-new, steel-belted radial...

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Marian Anderson: Every one has...

Marian Anderson: Every one has...

Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

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Marian Anderson: You lose a...

Marian Anderson: You lose a...

You lose a lot of time hating people.

Source: In The New York Times, 18 Apr...

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Whitney Houston: I don't like...

Whitney Houston: I don't like...

I don't like it when they [media critics] see me as this little person who doesn't know what to do with herself --...

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Betty Hutton: Some kind of...

Betty Hutton: Some kind of...

Some kind of fun lasts longer than others.

Source: Hutton to Bracken, on marriage;...

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