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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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Linda Ronstadt: I don't think...

Linda Ronstadt: I don't think...

I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don't discourage...

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Madonna: I wouldn't have...

Madonna: I wouldn't have...

I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel...

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Marsha Norman: People do think...

Marsha Norman: People do think...

People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear...

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Zora Neale Hurston: It would be...

Zora Neale Hurston: It would be...

It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the bottom, top, or in between. . . . We will go...

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Harriet Monroe: [He] saw the...

Harriet Monroe: [He] saw the...

[He] saw the light, and led the way
Where the gray world might greet the day.


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May Swenson: We play in...

May Swenson: We play in...

We play in the den of the Gods and snort at death.

Source: To Confirm A Thing, St....

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Edith Sitwell: Poetry is the...

Edith Sitwell: Poetry is the...

Poetry is the deification of reality.

Source: In Life, 4 Jan 1963.
-- Edith...

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Lauren Bacall: Generally women are...

Lauren Bacall: Generally women are...

Generally women are better than men -- they have more character. I prefer men for some things, obviously, but women...

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Gilda Radner: I base most...

Gilda Radner: I base most...

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

Source: It's Always...

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Gypsy Rose Lee: I have everything...

Gypsy Rose Lee: I have everything...

I have everything I had twenty years ago -- except now it's all lower.

Source: In...

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Joan Rivers: I felt comedy...

Joan Rivers: I felt comedy...

I felt comedy ego beginning to grow, which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for...

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Judy Collins: I don't know...

Judy Collins: I don't know...

I don't know where my songs come from . . . If I knew, I'd know too much, more than we are allowed on this...

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Joan Baez: You don't get...

Joan Baez: You don't get...

You don't get to choose how you are going to die or when. You can only decide how you're going to...

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Joan Baez: Good morning, children...

Joan Baez: Good morning, children...

Good morning, children of the 80s. This is your Woodstock, and it's long overdue.

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Ella Fitzgerald: It isn't where...

Ella Fitzgerald: It isn't where...

It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts.

Source: In Ella...

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Alice Childress: Who wants to...

Alice Childress: Who wants to...

Who wants to live with one foot in hell just for the sake of nostalgia? Our time is forever...

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Rona Barrett: Pick your enemies...

Rona Barrett: Pick your enemies...

Pick your enemies carefully or you'll never make it in Los Angeles.

Source: In An...

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Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a...

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Rebecca West: God forbid that...

Rebecca West: God forbid that...

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

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