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Cher: The trouble with...

Cher: The trouble with...

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing -- and then marry...

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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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Madonna: Everyone probably thinks...

Madonna: Everyone probably thinks...

Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is...

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Christina Aguilera: But for me,...

Christina Aguilera: But for me,...

But for me, the greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch peoples' lives. I know that's a greater...

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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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Oprah Winfrey: Books were my...

Oprah Winfrey: Books were my...

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to...

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Nancy Reagan: The Sixties, of...

Nancy Reagan: The Sixties, of...

The Sixties, of course, was the worst time in the world to try and bring up a child. They were exposed to all these...

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Janis Joplin: Audiences like their...

Janis Joplin: Audiences like their...

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Source: In Woman's Almanac, by...

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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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Mariah Carey: Butterflies are always...

Mariah Carey: Butterflies are always...

Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.

Source:...

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Ethel Merman: I can hold...

Ethel Merman: I can hold...

I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.

Source: In Webster's...

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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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Joni Mitchell: There are things...

Joni Mitchell: There are things...

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

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Anna Pavlova: What exactly is...

Anna Pavlova: What exactly is...

What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is...

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Margot Fonteyn: Minor things can...

Margot Fonteyn: Minor things can...

Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.

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Judith Jamison: Dance is about...

Judith Jamison: Dance is about...

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

Source: Dancing Spirit, 1993.
-- Judith...

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Bette Davis: I am doomed...

Bette Davis: I am doomed...

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The...

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Didi Conn: If there was...

Didi Conn: If there was...

If there was a food place, I was like cottage cheese, or maybe the lettuce. I had really so little to do on that...

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Jessie Redmon Fauset: There is no...

Jessie Redmon Fauset: There is no...

There is no peace with you
Nor any rest!
Your presence is a torture to the brain.
Your words are barbed...

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