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Marlene Dietrich: Courage and grace...

Marlene Dietrich: Courage and grace...

Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.

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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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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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Lauren Bacall: Imagination is the...

Lauren Bacall: Imagination is the...

Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.

Source: In Lauren Bacall, By...

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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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Michelle Pfeiffer: I like being...

Michelle Pfeiffer: I like being...

I like being prepared. When things are going on and I have to learn my lines at the last minute, I'm never quite...

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Marsha Norman: We are not...

Marsha Norman: We are not...

We are not afraid to look under the bed, or to wash the sheets; we know that life is messy. We know that somebody has...

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Denise Levertov: Every day, every...

Denise Levertov: Every day, every...

Every day, every day I hear
enough to fill
a year of nights with wondering.


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Janet Erskine Stuart: The great thing...

Janet Erskine Stuart: The great thing...

The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: I don't remember...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: I don't remember...

I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the dahling'' thing got started?

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Lauren Bacall: I am not...

Lauren Bacall: I am not...

I am not a has-been. I'm a will be.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Lily Tomlin: I have always...

Lily Tomlin: I have always...

I have always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.

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Phylicia Rashad: The stubbornness I...

Phylicia Rashad: The stubbornness I...

The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perserverence. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't...

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: In trying to...

Helen Gahagan Douglas: In trying to...

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been...

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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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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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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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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Whenever I was...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Whenever I was...

Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, [Jack] always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away...

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Joanna Baillie: O! who shall...

Joanna Baillie: O! who shall...

O! who shall lightly say that fame
is nothing but an empty name?


Source: The...

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Letitia Landon: Were it not...

Letitia Landon: Were it not...

Were it not better to forget
Than to remember and regret?


Source: From an...

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