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Marie Lloyd: You can't trust...

Marie Lloyd: You can't trust...

You can't trust the 'specials' like the old time 'coppers' When you can't find your way...

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Marian Anderson: When I sing,...

Marian Anderson: When I sing,...

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black; I don't want them to see that my face is white -- I want...

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Doris Day: Vulgarity begins when...

Doris Day: Vulgarity begins when...

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

Source: In The Book of...

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Christina Aguilera: It [The Mickey...

Christina Aguilera: It [The Mickey...

It [The Mickey Mouse Club] was a great way to grow up. I loved being around kids who had the same passions I...

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I must say...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I must say...

I must say they regard the Sabbath and attend preaching, for there are churches of every denomination and able...

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Lucille Clifton: children<br>when they ask...

Lucille Clifton: children
when they ask...

children
when they ask you
why your mama so funny
say
she is a poet
she don't have no...

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Mari Evans: If we have...

Mari Evans: If we have...

If we have the Word let us
say it
If we have the Word let us
be it
If we have the Word let...

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Audre Lorde: I am deliberate...

Audre Lorde: I am deliberate...

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Anne Spencer: I saw your...

Anne Spencer: I saw your...

I saw your heart,
And altered there in its darksome place
Were the tongues of flame the ancients knew . ....

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Anne Spencer: I proudly love...

Anne Spencer: I proudly love...

I proudly love being a Negro woman -- it's so involved and interesting.

Source:...

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Anne Spencer: It is dangerous...

Anne Spencer: It is dangerous...

It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods;
To taunt them with the tongue's thin tip,
Or strut in the weakness...

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Paula Gunn Allen: For the American...

Paula Gunn Allen: For the American...

For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things...

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Edith Nesbitt: Time is, as...

Edith Nesbitt: Time is, as...

Time is, as you are probably aware, merely a convenient fiction. There is no such thing as...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: There is no...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: There is no...

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined...

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Gloria Swanson: I've given my...

Gloria Swanson: I've given my...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.

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Eleanor Robson Belmont: I was trained...

Eleanor Robson Belmont: I was trained...

I was trained by my husband. He said, If you want a thing done go. If not send. I belong to that group of people who...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Twinkle, twinkle, little...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Twinkle, twinkle, little...

Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the...

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Lillian Hellman: Nothing you write,...

Lillian Hellman: Nothing you write,...

Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.

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Dodie Smith: I have found...

Dodie Smith: I have found...

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

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Zora Neale Hurston: If you haven't...

Zora Neale Hurston: If you haven't...

If you haven't got it,
you can't show it.
If you have got it,
you can't hide it.


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