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Marlene Dietrich: The weak are...

Marlene Dietrich: The weak are...

The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak...

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Judy Garland: I've never looked...

Judy Garland: I've never looked...

I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.

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Liza Minnelli: Reality is something...

Liza Minnelli: Reality is something...

Reality is something you rise above.

Source: In The Book of Quotes, by Barbara...

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Camille Paglia: Minerva save us...

Camille Paglia: Minerva save us...

Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion!

Source: The Big...

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Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

[The musicians] that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all...

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Alice Childress: . . ....

Alice Childress: . . ....

. . . the good old days. The only good days are ahead.

Source: Alice Childress, in...

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Roseanne Barr: It's okay to...

Roseanne Barr: It's okay to...

It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it.

Source:...

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Liv Ullmann: The older one...

Liv Ullmann: The older one...

The older one gets in this profession, the more people there are with whom one would never work...

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Berenice Abbott: Some people are...

Berenice Abbott: Some people are...

Some people are still unaware that reality contains unparalleled beauties. The fantastic and unexpected, the...

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Linda Ronstadt: I don't think...

Linda Ronstadt: I don't think...

I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don't discourage...

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Betty Hutton: I don't know...

Betty Hutton: I don't know...

I don't know where it's all going to lead. I have no idea where I'm going. I would just like to be...

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Suzanne Vega: I always thought...

Suzanne Vega: I always thought...

I always thought that if I was popular I must be doing something wrong.

Source: In...

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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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Oprah Winfrey: Always continue the...

Oprah Winfrey: Always continue the...

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you , choose, if you first get to know who you are...

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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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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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Alice Dunbar-Nelson: I sit and...

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: I sit and...

I sit and sew -- a useless task it seems,
My hands grown tired, my head weighed down with dreams . ....

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Maureen Duffy: We all have...

Maureen Duffy: We all have...

We all have to rise in the end, not just one or two who were smart enough, had will enough for their own salvation,...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: So many gods,...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: So many gods,...

So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the...

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Edna St Vincent Millay: My candle burns...

Edna St Vincent Millay: My candle burns...

My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But, ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-
It gives a...

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