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Ella Fitzgerald: I guess what...

Ella Fitzgerald: I guess what...

I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is...

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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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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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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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Grace Hansen: ??...

Grace Hansen: ??...

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-- Grace Hansen, (Jan 0 1913-1985), US dance director; 0

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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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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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Bette Midler: My idea of...

Bette Midler: My idea of...

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

Source: In Webster's...

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Joni Mitchell: You know that...

Joni Mitchell: You know that...

You know that it never has been easy
Whether you do or do not resign
Whether you travel the breadth of the...

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Fanny Brice: Being a funny...

Fanny Brice: Being a funny...

Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They don't...

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Oprah Winfrey: My idea of...

Oprah Winfrey: My idea of...

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.

Source:...

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Nancy Reagan: The Sixties, of...

Nancy Reagan: The Sixties, of...

The Sixties, of course, was the worst time in the world to try and bring up a child. They were exposed to all these...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I'm as pure...

Tallulah Bankhead: I'm as pure...

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

Source: The Observer, 'Sayings of the Week', 24...

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Carrie Fisher: I think of...

Carrie Fisher: I think of...

I think of my body as a side effect of my mind. Like a thought I had once that manifested itself-- Oops! Oh no!...

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Gilda Radner: Comedy is very...

Gilda Radner: Comedy is very...

Comedy is very controlling -- you are making people laugh. It is there in the phrase 'making people laugh.' You feel...

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Lotte Lehmann: But to me...

Lotte Lehmann: But to me...

But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must...

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Denise Levertov: The poem has...

Denise Levertov: The poem has...

The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has kinetic force, it sets in...

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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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Audre Lorde: I am deliberate...

Audre Lorde: I am deliberate...

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Muriel Rukeyser: Dreams the sources...

Muriel Rukeyser: Dreams the sources...

Dreams the sources of action, the meeting and the end,
a resting-place among the flight of...

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