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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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Sarah Siddons: I pant for...

Sarah Siddons: I pant for...

I pant for retirement and leisure, but am doomed to inexpressible and almost unsupportable...

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Camille Paglia: Television is actually...

Camille Paglia: Television is actually...

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human...

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Yoko Ono: I saw that...

Yoko Ono: I saw that...

I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose...

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Patti Smith: Those who have...

Patti Smith: Those who have...

Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

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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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Marilyn Monroe: It stirs up...

Marilyn Monroe: It stirs up...

It stirs up envy, fame does.

Source: In Common Fame: The Culture of Celebrity,...

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Lauren Bacall: I don't sit...

Lauren Bacall: I don't sit...

I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that...

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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.

Source:...

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Liv Ullmann: I am learning...

Liv Ullmann: I am learning...

I am learning that if I just go on accepting the framework for life that others have given me, if I fail to make my...

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Raquel Welch: Change excites me....

Raquel Welch: Change excites me....

Change excites me. I am fifty years old. It's when the mind catches up with the body.

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Jacqueline Bisset: The deeper interior...

Jacqueline Bisset: The deeper interior...

The deeper interior you have the more you have in your llibrary.

Source: Interview...

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Jacqueline Bisset: I want to...

Jacqueline Bisset: I want to...

I want to keep my attractiveness as long as I can. It has to do with vitality, and energy and interest. We all lose...

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Donna Reed: Remember the night...

Donna Reed: Remember the night...

Remember the night we broke the window in this old house? This is what I wished for.

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Audre Lorde: Our feelings are...

Audre Lorde: Our feelings are...

Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.

Source: My Words Will Be...

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Paula Gunn Allen: An odd thing...

Paula Gunn Allen: An odd thing...

An odd thing occurs in the minds of Americans when Indian civilization in mentioned: little or...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: The most characteristic...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: The most characteristic...

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for...

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Susan Griffin: What is buried...

Susan Griffin: What is buried...

What is buried in the past of one generation falls to the next to claim.

Source: In...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The truest greatness...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The truest greatness...

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

Source:...

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Monica Baldwin: A wisp of...

Monica Baldwin: A wisp of...

A wisp of gossamer, about the size and substance of a spider's web.

Source: On...

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