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Katharine Hepburn: I have many...

Katharine Hepburn: I have many...

I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if...

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Whoopi Goldberg: I told her...

Whoopi Goldberg: I told her...

I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything.

Source:...

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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?

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Raquel Welch: I was not...

Raquel Welch: I was not...

I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn't bake cookies. You can...

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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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Shirley Jones: People want that...

Shirley Jones: People want that...

People want that kind of make-believe. They want entertainment. People love the music in it, they still love to hear...

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Alberta Hunter: I'm having a...

Alberta Hunter: I'm having a...

I'm having a good time,
Please don't blame me,
I'm knocking myself out
Don't try to tame me
Let me have my...

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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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Gracie Allen: When I was...

Gracie Allen: When I was...

When I was born I was so surprised that I didn't talk for a year and a half.

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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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Coco Chanel: In order to...

Coco Chanel: In order to...

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Source: Coco Chanel: Her...

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Fannie Hurst: Some people think...

Fannie Hurst: Some people think...

Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.

Source:...

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Linda Ronstadt: The constant fear...

Linda Ronstadt: The constant fear...

The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.

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Billie Holiday: If I don't...

Billie Holiday: If I don't...

If I don't have friends, then I ain't nothing.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Marian Anderson: When you stop...

Marian Anderson: When you stop...

When you stop having dreams and ideals -- well, you might as well stop altogether.

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Doris Day: Vulgarity begins when...

Doris Day: Vulgarity begins when...

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

Source: In The Book of...

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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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Susan Sarandon: A guy'll listen...

Susan Sarandon: A guy'll listen...

A guy'll listen to anything if he thinks it's foreplay.

Source: Film: 'Bull...

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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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