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Grandma Moses: I paint from...

Grandma Moses: I paint from...

I paint from the top down. From the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the houses, then the cattle, and...

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Barbra Streisand: Success to me...

Barbra Streisand: Success to me...

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons, and eating only the top half of each one.

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Shirley Jones: Well, television is...

Shirley Jones: Well, television is...

Well, television is what it is. Let's face it. I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody...

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Ma Rainey: My audience wants...

Ma Rainey: My audience wants...

My audience wants to see me beautifully gowned, and I have spared no expense or pains . . . For I feel that the best...

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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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Jane Wagner: Our ability to...

Jane Wagner: Our ability to...

Our ability to delude ourselves may be an important survival tool.

Source: From an...

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Hazel Scott: There's a time...

Hazel Scott: There's a time...

There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the...

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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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Charlotte Bronte: Feeling without judgement...

Charlotte Bronte: Feeling without judgement...

Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a...

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Marilyn Monroe: Fame will go...

Marilyn Monroe: Fame will go...

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's...

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Lily Tomlin: If love is...

Lily Tomlin: If love is...

If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?

Source: In Webster's...

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Whoopi Goldberg: When you are...

Whoopi Goldberg: When you are...

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like...

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Goldie Hawn: I've finally stopped...

Goldie Hawn: I've finally stopped...

I've finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be.

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Liv Ullmann: We all need...

Liv Ullmann: We all need...

We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked . . . not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We...

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Diane Sawyer: I think the...

Diane Sawyer: I think the...

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

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Patricia Fripp: It amazes me...

Patricia Fripp: It amazes me...

It amazes me that most people spend more time planning next summer's vacation than they do planning the rest of their...

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Judith Crist: In this lovely...

Judith Crist: In this lovely...

In this lovely land of corrugated cartons and plastic bags, we want our entertainment packaged neatly . . . an...

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Janet Flanner: I act as...

Janet Flanner: I act as...

I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.

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Meg Greenfield: Ninety percent of...

Meg Greenfield: Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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