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Jackie Moms Mabley: A woman's a...

Jackie Moms Mabley: A woman's a...

A woman's a woman until the day she dies, but a man's only a man as long as he can.

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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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Aretha Franklin: Trying to grow...

Aretha Franklin: Trying to grow...

Trying to grow up is hurting, you know. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts...

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Aretha Franklin: My heart is...

Aretha Franklin: My heart is...

My heart is still there in gospel music. It never left . . . I'm gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot...

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Charlotte Bronte: The soul, fortunately,...

Charlotte Bronte: The soul, fortunately,...

The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter -- often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter -- in the...

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Hannah Cowley: The charms that...

Hannah Cowley: The charms that...

The charms that heIped to catch the husband are generally laid by, one after another, till the lady grows a downright...

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Shelley Winters: Acting is like...

Shelley Winters: Acting is like...

Acting is like painting pictures on bathroom tissues. Ten minutes later you throw them away and they're...

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Thelma Ritter: When a man...

Thelma Ritter: When a man...

When a man and a woman see each other and like each other they ought to come together -- wham -- like a couple of...

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Marjorie Main: PA: Ma, there...

Marjorie Main: PA: Ma, there...

PA: Ma, there no need to apology for our kids, all fifteen are chips off the old block.
MA: Any more chips and...

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Betty Grable: There are two...

Betty Grable: There are two...

There are two reasons why I am successful in show business and I am standing on both of...

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Tina Turner: I didn't have...

Tina Turner: I didn't have...

I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start, I had to go...

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Janis Joplin: On stage I...

Janis Joplin: On stage I...

On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.

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Ruth Etting: Nothing else to...

Ruth Etting: Nothing else to...

Nothing else to do
but sit around and think about you
just think about you/that's all that I...

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Marian Anderson: Leadership should be...

Marian Anderson: Leadership should be...

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by...

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Fanny Brice: Your audience gives...

Fanny Brice: Your audience gives...

Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an...

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Oprah Winfrey: Books were my...

Oprah Winfrey: Books were my...

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to...

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Billie Holiday: Somebody once said...

Billie Holiday: Somebody once said...

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

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Marian Anderson: Sometimes you're overwhelmed...

Marian Anderson: Sometimes you're overwhelmed...

Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment....

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Betty Hutton: I don't even...

Betty Hutton: I don't even...

I don't even have many friends anymore because I backed away from them. When things went wrong for me I didn't want...

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Maxine Kumin: To write about...

Maxine Kumin: To write about...

To write about the monstrous sense of alienation the poet feels in this culture of polarized hatreds is a way of...

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