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Carrie Fisher: You can't find...

Carrie Fisher: You can't find...

You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so...

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Shirley MacLaine: The more I...

Shirley MacLaine: The more I...

The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who would be...

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Maggie Smith: I believe that...

Maggie Smith: I believe that...

I believe that I am past my prime. I had reckoned on my prime lasting till I was at least...

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Glenda Jackson: Acting provides the...

Glenda Jackson: Acting provides the...

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always...

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Elizabeth Taylor: It is strange......

Elizabeth Taylor: It is strange......

It is strange... that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for...

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Shelley Winters: I did a...

Shelley Winters: I did a...

I did a picture in England one winter and it was so cold I almost got married.

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Betty Grable: You're better off...

Betty Grable: You're better off...

You're better off betting on a horse than betting on a man. A horse may not be able to hold you tight, but he doesn't...

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Francesca Annis: I don't want...

Francesca Annis: I don't want...

I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.

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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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Dodie Smith: I have found...

Dodie Smith: I have found...

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

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Harriet Monroe: [He] saw the...

Harriet Monroe: [He] saw the...

[He] saw the light, and led the way
Where the gray world might greet the day.


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May Swenson: We play in...

May Swenson: We play in...

We play in the den of the Gods and snort at death.

Source: To Confirm A Thing, St....

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Sharon Stone: The philosophy of...

Sharon Stone: The philosophy of...

The philosophy of being able as a woman to decide what you want and being unashamed about making it happen was new....

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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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Gilda Radner: I can always...

Gilda Radner: I can always...

I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.

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Gilda Radner: It is so...

Gilda Radner: It is so...

It is so hard for us little human beings to accept this deal that we get. It's really crazy, isn't it? We act to live,...

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Gilda Radner: The goal is...

Gilda Radner: The goal is...

The goal is to live a full, productive life even with all that ambiguity. No matter what hap- pens, whether the cancer...

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Carol Burnett: I don't have...

Carol Burnett: I don't have...

I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?

Source:
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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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Janis Joplin: On stage I...

Janis Joplin: On stage I...

On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.

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