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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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Joan Rivers: Anger is a...

Joan Rivers: Anger is a...

Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly -- hurt, bitterness,...

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Joan Rivers: I have become...

Joan Rivers: I have become...

I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door -- or...

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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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Rita Rudner: To attract men,...

Rita Rudner: To attract men,...

To attract men, I wear a perfume called ``New Car Interior.''

Source: From a...

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Drew Barrymore: I don't know...

Drew Barrymore: I don't know...

I don't know anybody's road who's been paved perfectly for them, there are no manuals, you don't know what life has in...

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Ella Fitzgerald: Just don't give...

Ella Fitzgerald: Just don't give...

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there's love and inspiration, I don't think you can...

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Bernice Johnson Reagon: The voice I...

Bernice Johnson Reagon: The voice I...

The voice I have now, I got the first time I sang in a movement meeting, after I got out of jail . . . and I'd never...

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Lauren Bacall: You can't start...

Lauren Bacall: You can't start...

You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening...

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Lillian Gish: Never get caught...

Lillian Gish: Never get caught...

Never get caught acting.

Source:
-- Lillian Gish, (Oct 14 1893-1993), US...

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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.

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Whoopi Goldberg: If every American...

Whoopi Goldberg: If every American...

If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time...

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Joan Crawford: I think the...

Joan Crawford: I think the...

I think the most important thing a woman can have -- next to talent, of course, is -- her...

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Karen Carpenter: It's kinda nice...

Karen Carpenter: It's kinda nice...

It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep...

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Marie Lloyd: A little of...

Marie Lloyd: A little of...

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Source: Song title
-- Marie Lloyd,...

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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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Diana Vreeland: Elegance is innate....

Diana Vreeland: Elegance is innate....

Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.

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Jean Kerr: Marrying a man...

Jean Kerr: Marrying a man...

Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when...

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Fran Lebowitz: Never judge a...

Fran Lebowitz: Never judge a...

Never judge a cover by its book.

Source: In Metropolitan Life.
-- Fran Lebowitz,...

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Jamaica Kincaid: I didn't think...

Jamaica Kincaid: I didn't think...

I didn't think of myself as an outsider because of my race because... where I grew up I was the same race as almost...

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