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Billie Holiday: Sometimes it's worse...

Billie Holiday: Sometimes it's worse...

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Miriam Makeba: Africa has her...

Miriam Makeba: Africa has her...

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects...

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Ruth Etting: He just play...

Ruth Etting: He just play...

He just play chords
Like nobody can
They call him Sam
The old accordian man.


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Ethel Merman: I take a...

Ethel Merman: I take a...

I take a breath when I have to.

Source: In Time, 27 Feb 1984.
-- Ethel Merman,...

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Brigitte Bardot: It is better...

Brigitte Bardot: It is better...

It is better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be.

Source: The...

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Mae West: Marriage is a...

Mae West: Marriage is a...

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

Source: In...

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Roseanne Barr: It's okay to...

Roseanne Barr: It's okay to...

It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it.

Source:...

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Whoopi Goldberg: The art of...

Whoopi Goldberg: The art of...

The art of acting is to be other than what you are.

Source: In What's Whoopi...

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Lily Tomlin: Reality is the...

Lily Tomlin: Reality is the...

Reality is the crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Lily Tomlin: The formula for...

Lily Tomlin: The formula for...

The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?

Source:...

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Jane Fonda: When you can't...

Jane Fonda: When you can't...

When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.

Source: In The...

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Sarah Siddons: . . ....

Sarah Siddons: . . ....

. . . I believe one half of the world is born for the convenience of the other half . . .

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Marlene Dietrich: The weak are...

Marlene Dietrich: The weak are...

The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak...

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Shirley Jones: It was a...

Shirley Jones: It was a...

It was a wonderful time [making The Partridge Family] and I loved every minute of it. We had a great executive...

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Lucille Ball: One of the...

Lucille Ball: One of the...

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism...

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Drew Barrymore: I'm not after...

Drew Barrymore: I'm not after...

I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly [that I want] to have a good job and have good...

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Judy Collins: The poetry and...

Judy Collins: The poetry and...

The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. You just have to open up your...

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Mahalia Jackson: God can make...

Mahalia Jackson: God can make...

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

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Maya Ying Lin: To fly we...

Maya Ying Lin: To fly we...

To fly we have to have resistance.

Source:
-- Maya Ying Lin, (Oct 5 1959-____),...

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Grandma Moses: I look back...

Grandma Moses: I look back...

I look back on my life a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it.

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