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Vera-Ellen: Getting involved is...

Vera-Ellen: Getting involved is...

Getting involved is so, so . . . involving.

Source: As Ivy Smith ('Miss...

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Emily Dickinson: Where thou art,...

Emily Dickinson: Where thou art,...

Where thou art, that is home.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Susan Griffin: I am not...

Susan Griffin: I am not...

I am not so different in my history of abandonment from anyone else after all. We have all been split away from the...

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Gloria Swanson: When I die,...

Gloria Swanson: When I die,...

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private...

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Jane Fonda: When you can't...

Jane Fonda: When you can't...

When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.

Source: In The...

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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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Jane Wagner: A sobering thought:...

Jane Wagner: A sobering thought:...

A sobering thought: What if, right at this very moment, I am living up to my full...

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Edith Sitwell: I'm patient with...

Edith Sitwell: I'm patient with...

I'm patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it.

Source: In...

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Edith Sitwell: Why not be...

Edith Sitwell: Why not be...

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound why try to look like a...

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Linda Ronstadt: The thing you...

Linda Ronstadt: The thing you...

The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don't always dream your dream.

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Tina Turner: I will never...

Tina Turner: I will never...

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not old yet!

Source: In...

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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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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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Midge Decter: The hatred of...

Midge Decter: The hatred of...

The hatred of the youth culture for adult society is not a disinterested judgment but a terror-ridden refusal to be...

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Miriam Beard: Wherever we go,...

Miriam Beard: Wherever we go,...

Wherever we go, across the Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as the bizarre. Things astonish us,...

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Monica Baldwin: What makes humility...

Monica Baldwin: What makes humility...

What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest...

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Helen Lawrenson: Most of today's...

Helen Lawrenson: Most of today's...

Most of today's film actress are typical of a mass-production age: living dolls who look as if they came off an...

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Robin Morgan: Knowledge is power....

Robin Morgan: Knowledge is power....

Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of...

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Judith Crist: Amid all the...

Judith Crist: Amid all the...

Amid all the easily loved darlings of Charlie Brown's circle, obstreperous Lucy holds a special place in my heart. She...

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Jessica Mitford: Things on the...

Jessica Mitford: Things on the...

Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for...

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