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Mae West: When you get...

Mae West: When you get...

When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.

Source: The Observer,...

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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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Whoopi Goldberg: I'm fighting the...

Whoopi Goldberg: I'm fighting the...

I'm fighting the label of Black actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are...

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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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Joan Crawford: I never go...

Joan Crawford: I never go...

I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next...

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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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Edna St Vincent Millay: Pity me that...

Edna St Vincent Millay: Pity me that...

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn
What the swift mind beholds at every turn.


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Fannie Hurst: But suppose, asks...

Fannie Hurst: But suppose, asks...

But suppose, asks the student of the professor, we follow all your structural rules for writing, what about that...

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Marian Anderson: Prejudice is like...

Marian Anderson: Prejudice is like...

Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep...

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Karen Carpenter: I had no...

Karen Carpenter: I had no...

I had no idea whether I could play 'em or not, but I wanted to and I was very determined. . . but the band director...

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Karen Carpenter: Our first single,...

Karen Carpenter: Our first single,...

Our first single, 'Ticket To Ride', was a kind of half-hit, half flop: in some places it was number one, in others it...

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Bette Midler: Writing a book...

Bette Midler: Writing a book...

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five...

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Margaret Cho: I have learned...

Margaret Cho: I have learned...

I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I...

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Judy Collins: I Iook in...

Judy Collins: I Iook in...

I Iook in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.

Source: Secret...

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Aretha Franklin: Trying to grow...

Aretha Franklin: Trying to grow...

Trying to grow up is hurting, you know. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts...

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Emily Dickinson: The soul should...

Emily Dickinson: The soul should...

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

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Emily Dickinson: The dandelion's pallid...

Emily Dickinson: The dandelion's pallid...

The dandelion's pallid tube
Astonishes the grass,
And winter instantly becomes
An infinite...

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Caroline Sheridan Norton: God made all...

Caroline Sheridan Norton: God made all...

God made all pleasures innocent.

Source: The Lady of LaGaraye, Pt. 1, 1862.
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Caroline Sheridan Norton: A soldier of...

Caroline Sheridan Norton: A soldier of...

A soldier of the legion lay dying in Algiers --
There was a lack of woman's nursing,
There was dearth of woman's...

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Beah Richards: For me life...

Beah Richards: For me life...

For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a...

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