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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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Gracie Allen: My husband will...

Gracie Allen: My husband will...

My husband will never chase another woman. He's too fine, too decent, too old. [said when George Burns was only 64. He...

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Glenda Jackson: I used to...

Glenda Jackson: I used to...

I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is...

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Glenda Jackson: Acting provides the...

Glenda Jackson: Acting provides the...

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always...

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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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Francesca Annis: I maintain the...

Francesca Annis: I maintain the...

I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my w0rk and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle...

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Billie Holiday: I never had...

Billie Holiday: I never had...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years...

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Billie Holiday: No two people...

Billie Holiday: No two people...

No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.

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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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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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Fanny Brice: I never liked...

Fanny Brice: I never liked...

I never liked the men I loved, and never loved the men I liked.

Source: In The...

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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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Tallulah Bankhead: I've been called...

Tallulah Bankhead: I've been called...

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

Source: Tallulah, ch. 15,...

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Roseanne Barr: They're all mine....

Roseanne Barr: They're all mine....

They're all mine. . . . Of course, I'd trade any one of them for a dishwasher.

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Goldie Hawn: I must say...

Goldie Hawn: I must say...

I must say that the biggest lesson you can learn in life, or teach your children, is that life is not castles in the...

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Phylicia Rashad: [Meditation] is the...

Phylicia Rashad: [Meditation] is the...

[Meditation] is the power that leads you to your own truth. Everybody needs to be free. The main thing meditation...

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Mary Tyler Moore: I'm an experienced...

Mary Tyler Moore: I'm an experienced...

I'm an experienced woman; I've been around . . . well, alright, I might not've been around, but I've been . . ....

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Ruby Dee: The kind of...

Ruby Dee: The kind of...

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within -- strength, courage,...

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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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Whoopi Goldberg: I fear waking...

Whoopi Goldberg: I fear waking...

I fear waking up one morning and finding out it was all for nothing. We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the...

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