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Brigid Brophy: To my mind,...

Brigid Brophy: To my mind,...

To my mind, the two most fascinating subjects in the universe are sex and the eighteenth...

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Mahalia Jackson: Time is important...

Mahalia Jackson: Time is important...

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where...

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Betty Carter: If you're sitting...

Betty Carter: If you're sitting...

If you're sitting in that audience ready to figllt me from the very beginning, I'm going to have a hard time getting...

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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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Sonia Sanchez: . . ....

Sonia Sanchez: . . ....

. . . I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people.

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Bette Davis: I am doomed...

Bette Davis: I am doomed...

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The...

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Ruth Draper: You see --...

Ruth Draper: You see --...

You see -- he's got a perfectly new idea. He never sees his patients. He's not interested in individuals, he prefers...

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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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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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Whitney Houston: Being around people...

Whitney Houston: Being around people...

Being around people like Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack. . . had a great impact on...

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Whitney Houston: God gave me...

Whitney Houston: God gave me...

God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?

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Janis Joplin: Don't compromise yourself....

Janis Joplin: Don't compromise yourself....

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Source: In Reader's Digest,...

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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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Sarah Josepha Hale: She was a...

Sarah Josepha Hale: She was a...

She was a weak woman - too highly elated in prosperity, too easily depressed by adversity - not considering that both...

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Edith Sitwell: I am patient...

Edith Sitwell: I am patient...

I am 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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Belva Lockwood: No one can...

Belva Lockwood: No one can...

No one can claim to be called Christian who gives money for the building of warships and...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Borrowed thoughts, like...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Borrowed thoughts, like...

Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.

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Harriet Lerner: Although the connections...

Harriet Lerner: Although the connections...

Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political...

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Elizabeth Janeway: I admire people...

Elizabeth Janeway: I admire people...

I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. . . . They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and...

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