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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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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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Edna St Vincent Millay: The soul can...

Edna St Vincent Millay: The soul can...

The soul can split the sky in two,
And let the face of God shine through.


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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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Zora Neale Hurston: Mama exhorted her...

Zora Neale Hurston: Mama exhorted her...

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to jump at de sun. We might not land on the sun, but at least we would...

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Charlotte Bronte: Prejudices, it is...

Charlotte Bronte: Prejudices, it is...

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or...

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Jenny Joseph: I shall sit...

Jenny Joseph: I shall sit...

I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my...

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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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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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Mary Pickford: I was forced...

Mary Pickford: I was forced...

I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young...

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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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Helen Hayes: From your parents...

Helen Hayes: From your parents...

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you...

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Elizabeth Ashley: Absence does not...

Elizabeth Ashley: Absence does not...

Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.

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Jean Harlow: This place certainly...

Jean Harlow: This place certainly...

This place certainly reeks of hospitality and good cheer, or maybe it's this cheese.

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Jean Harlow: One day when...

Jean Harlow: One day when...

One day when he was eating a cookie he offered me a bite. Don't underestimate that. The poor guy's so frightened of...

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Thelma Ritter: When a man...

Thelma Ritter: When a man...

When a man and a woman see each other and like each other they ought to come together -- wham -- like a couple of...

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Michelle Pfeiffer: I'm a perfectionist,...

Michelle Pfeiffer: I'm a perfectionist,...

I'm a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad -- and other people, too. At the same time, I think that's one of the...

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Mari Evans: I'm<br>gonna spread out<br>over...

Mari Evans: I'm
gonna spread out
over...

I'm
gonna spread out
over America
intrude
my proud blackness
all
over the...

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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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Vera Brittain: The pacifists, task...

Vera Brittain: The pacifists, task...

The pacifists, task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive...

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