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Fannie Hurst: Any writer worth...

Fannie Hurst: Any writer worth...

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another...

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Marian Anderson: When you stop...

Marian Anderson: When you stop...

When you stop having dreams and ideals -- well, you might as well stop altogether.

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Oprah Winfrey: Everyone has to...

Oprah Winfrey: Everyone has to...

Everyone has to learn to think differently, bigger, to open to possibilities.

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: There are many...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: There are many...

There are many little ways to enlarge [your child's] world. Love of books is the best of...

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Elizabeth Ashley: The truth is...

Elizabeth Ashley: The truth is...

The truth is that I am enslaved . . . . in one vast love affair with 70 children.

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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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Meryl Streep: I like who...

Meryl Streep: I like who...

I like who I am now. Other people may not. I'm comfortable. I feel freer now. I don't want growing older to matter...

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Barbra Streisand: I arrived in...

Barbra Streisand: I arrived in...

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to...

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Judy Garland: I've never looked...

Judy Garland: I've never looked...

I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.

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Liza Minnelli: In Hollywood now...

Liza Minnelli: In Hollywood now...

In Hollywood now when people die they don't say, Did he leave a will? but Did he leave a...

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Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

[The musicians] that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all...

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Joan Rivers: Your anger can...

Joan Rivers: Your anger can...

Your anger can be 49 % and your comedy 51 %, and you're okay. If the anger is 51 %, the comedy is...

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Joan Rivers: If God wanted...

Joan Rivers: If God wanted...

If God wanted us to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor.

Source: From a...

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Judy Collins: Do what you...

Judy Collins: Do what you...

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

Source:...

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Joan Baez: As long as...

Joan Baez: As long as...

As long as one keeps searching, the answers come.

Source: In Words of Women...

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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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Josephine Baker: I was learning...

Josephine Baker: I was learning...

I was learning the importance of names -- having them, making them -- but at the same time I sensed the dangers....

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Hazel Scott: Who ever walked...

Hazel Scott: Who ever walked...

Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to...

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Britney Spears: There's no master...

Britney Spears: There's no master...

There's no master plan! I'm just gonna be me and hope it all works out!

Source:...

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Stevie Smith: I'm sorry to...

Stevie Smith: I'm sorry to...

I'm sorry to say my dear wife is a dreamer,
And as she dreams she gets paler and leaner.
Then be off to your...

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