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Oprah Winfrey: Luck is a...

Oprah Winfrey: Luck is a...

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Source: In Reader's Digest,...

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Oprah Winfrey: Unless you choose...

Oprah Winfrey: Unless you choose...

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you...

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Helena Rubinstein: All the American...

Helena Rubinstein: All the American...

All the American women had purple noses and gray lips and their faces were chalk white from terrible powder. I...

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Elizabeth Arden: Death not merely...

Elizabeth Arden: Death not merely...

Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from the hazardous flux to which...

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Jane Fonda: You spend all...

Jane Fonda: You spend all...

You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.

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Marlene Dietrich: Most women set...

Marlene Dietrich: Most women set...

Most women set out to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.

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Agnes George DeMille: No trumpets sound...

Agnes George DeMille: No trumpets sound...

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known...

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Beatrice Lillie: I took up...

Beatrice Lillie: I took up...

I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking...

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Jackie Moms Mabley: There ain't nothin'...

Jackie Moms Mabley: There ain't nothin'...

There ain't nothin' an ol' man can do but bring me a message from a young one.

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Rita Rudner: I want to...

Rita Rudner: I want to...

I want to have children while my parents are still young enough to take care of them.

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Reba McEntire: . . ....

Reba McEntire: . . ....

. . . we got our lungs from Daddy, and we exercised them early and often during those years up in the hills gathering...

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Hedda Hopper: At one time...

Hedda Hopper: At one time...

At one time I thought he wanted to be an actor. He had certain qualifications, including no money and a total lack 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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Marilyn Monroe: I used to...

Marilyn Monroe: I used to...

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me,...

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Anouk Aimee: The more the...

Anouk Aimee: The more the...

The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing can...

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Ruby Dee: The kind of...

Ruby Dee: The kind of...

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within -- strength, courage,...

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Mae West: When it comes...

Mae West: When it comes...

When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of...

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Whoopi Goldberg: You've got to...

Whoopi Goldberg: You've got to...

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

Source: In...

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Lily Tomlin: I have always...

Lily Tomlin: I have always...

I have always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.

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Goldie Hawn: I've finally stopped...

Goldie Hawn: I've finally stopped...

I've finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be.

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