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Bette Midler: Cherish forever what...

Bette Midler: Cherish forever what...

Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes!

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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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Oprah Winfrey: It isn't until...

Oprah Winfrey: It isn't until...

It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are -- not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep...

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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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Judy Collins: Suffering is the...

Judy Collins: Suffering is the...

Suffering is the price of being alive, and it is music and singing and art that has helped me live through some of the...

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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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Ella Fitzgerald: It isn't where...

Ella Fitzgerald: It isn't where...

It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts.

Source: In Ella...

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Joan Didion: I write entirely...

Joan Didion: I write entirely...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means, what I want, and...

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Elizabeth Taylor: I feel very...

Elizabeth Taylor: I feel very...

I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind...

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Anne Baxter: See into life...

Anne Baxter: See into life...

See into life -- don't just look at it.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Shelley Winters: I did a...

Shelley Winters: I did a...

I did a picture in England one winter and it was so cold I almost got married.

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Lillian Hellman: Success isn't everything...

Lillian Hellman: Success isn't everything...

Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.

Source: Julian, in Toys...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

I battered the cordons around me
And cradled my wings on the breeze,
Then soared to the uttermost...

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Maxine Kumin: Cherish your wilderness....

Maxine Kumin: Cherish your wilderness....

Cherish your wilderness.

Source: You Are in Bear Country, The Long Approach,...

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Roseanne Barr: The thing women...

Roseanne Barr: The thing women...

The thing women have got to learn is that nobody gives you power. You just take it.

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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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Marilu Henner: After 19 years...

Marilu Henner: After 19 years...

After 19 years of experimenting, a thousand mistakes, over 400 books, at least 200 bad diets... and a partridge in a...

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Liv Ullmann: Hollywood is loneliness...

Liv Ullmann: Hollywood is loneliness...

Hollywood is loneliness beside the swimming pool.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Liv Ullmann: I am learning...

Liv Ullmann: I am learning...

I am learning that if I just go on accepting the framework for life that others have given me, if I fail to make my...

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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.

Source:...

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