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Virginia Graham: When some people...

Virginia Graham: When some people...

When some people retire, it's going to be mighty hard to be able to tell the difference.

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Elayne Boosler: When the sun...

Elayne Boosler: When the sun...

When the sun comes up, I have morals again.

Source: From an Internet collection of...

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Margaret Cho: If we have...

Margaret Cho: If we have...

If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of...

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Margaret Cho: Privacy and security...

Margaret Cho: Privacy and security...

Privacy and security are those things you give up when `you show the world what makes you...

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Aretha Franklin: Don t say...

Aretha Franklin: Don t say...

Don t say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!

Source: On the...

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Katharine Hepburn: I never lose...

Katharine Hepburn: I never lose...

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

Source: Good Housekeeping...

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Marilyn Monroe: Unfortunately, I am...

Marilyn Monroe: Unfortunately, I am...

Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few...

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Roseanne Barr: A guy is...

Roseanne Barr: A guy is...

A guy is a lump like a doughnut. So, first you gotta get rid of all the stuff his mom did to him. And then you gotta...

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Marilu Henner: Wherever my career...

Marilu Henner: Wherever my career...

Wherever my career takes me, I know I'll love getting there, because ever since I was 2 1/2 years old, I knew that...

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Sarah Caldwell: Tanglewood [summer home...

Sarah Caldwell: Tanglewood [summer home...

Tanglewood [summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra] was a place where gods strode the...

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Doris Day: DAY: I have...

Doris Day: DAY: I have...

DAY: I have a good job, a lovely apartment, I go out with very nice men to the best places, the finest restaurants,...

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Marsha Norman: There are things...

Marsha Norman: There are things...

There are things that music can do that language could never do, that painting could never do, or sculpture. Music is...

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Nathalie Sarraute: Suspicion. . ....

Nathalie Sarraute: Suspicion. . ....

Suspicion. . . is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another...

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Yoko Ono: All my concerts...

Yoko Ono: All my concerts...

All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their...

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Yoko Ono: Maybe we were...

Yoko Ono: Maybe we were...

Maybe we were naive, but still we were very honest about everything we did.

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Phyllis Diller: Women want men,...

Phyllis Diller: Women want men,...

Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love, and a...

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Lucille Ball: I'm not funny....

Lucille Ball: I'm not funny....

I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

Source: Quoted by Bob Hope.
-- Lucille Ball,...

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Lucille Ball: Use a make-up...

Lucille Ball: Use a make-up...

Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork...

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Judy Collins: I don't think...

Judy Collins: I don't think...

I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the...

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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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