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Jeanne Moreau: Success is like...

Jeanne Moreau: Success is like...

Success is like a liberation or the first phrase of a love story . . . .

Source: In...

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Edith Evans: A successful artist...

Edith Evans: A successful artist...

A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until...

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Ethel Barrymore: Wrinkles should only...

Ethel Barrymore: Wrinkles should only...

Wrinkles should only indicate where smiles have been.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Lauren Bacall: I am not...

Lauren Bacall: I am not...

I am not a has-been. I'm a will be.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Lauren Bacall: When a woman...

Lauren Bacall: When a woman...

When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It doesn't...

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Sarah Siddons: . . ....

Sarah Siddons: . . ....

. . . I believe one half of the world is born for the convenience of the other half . . .

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Barbra Streisand: I was a...

Barbra Streisand: I was a...

I was a personality before I became a person. I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy...

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Julie Andrews: It is not...

Julie Andrews: It is not...

It is not enough to reach for the brass ring. You must also enjoy the merry go round.

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Virginia Graham: Be blind. Be...

Virginia Graham: Be blind. Be...

Be blind. Be stupid. Be British. Be careful.

Source: Say Please, ch. 24,...

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Camille Paglia: Television is actually...

Camille Paglia: Television is actually...

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human...

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Ma Rainey: You see me...

Ma Rainey: You see me...

You see me ravin', you hear me crying,
Of Lawd, this lonely heart of maine,
Sometimes I'm grieving from my hat...

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Judy Collins: The poetry and...

Judy Collins: The poetry and...

The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. You just have to open up your...

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Diane Arbus: I really believe...

Diane Arbus: I really believe...

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

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Karen Carpenter: We came out...

Karen Carpenter: We came out...

We came out right in the middle of the hard-rock period . . . it was hard-rock everywhere! But we were ready to make...

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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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Marian Anderson: There are many...

Marian Anderson: There are many...

There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate,...

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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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Muriel Spark: One should only...

Muriel Spark: One should only...

One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by...

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Elizabeth Gaskell: Sometimes one likes...

Elizabeth Gaskell: Sometimes one likes...

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their...

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