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Marian Anderson: Every one has...

Marian Anderson: Every one has...

Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

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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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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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Fanny Brice: Being a funny...

Fanny Brice: Being a funny...

Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They don't...

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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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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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Barbra Streisand: They're called angels...

Barbra Streisand: They're called angels...

They're called angels because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.

Source:...

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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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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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Agnes George DeMille: No trumpets sound...

Agnes George DeMille: No trumpets sound...

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known...

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Phyllis Diller: I've been asked...

Phyllis Diller: I've been asked...

I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband, Fang. How about short and...

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Gracie Allen: The Senate is...

Gracie Allen: The Senate is...

The Senate is the only show in the world where the cash customers have to sit in the...

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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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Lucille Ball: You see much...

Lucille Ball: You see much...

You see much more of your children once they leave home.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Mahalia Jackson: Someday the sun...

Mahalia Jackson: Someday the sun...

Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place.

Source: In...

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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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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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Elizabeth Coatsworth: During much of...

Elizabeth Coatsworth: During much of...

During much of my life I was anxious to be what someone else wanted me to be. Now I have given up that struggle. I am...

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Alice Dunbar-Nelson: I had not...

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: I had not...

I had not thought of violets of late,
The wild, shy kind that springs beneath your feet
In wistful April...

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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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