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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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Roseanne Barr: Experts say you...

Roseanne Barr: Experts say you...

Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling...

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Whoopi Goldberg: [S]omehow we are...

Whoopi Goldberg: [S]omehow we are...

[S]omehow we are supposed to be credits to our race. The mere fact that I'm still around makes me a credit to my race,...

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Mary Pickford: Supposing you have...

Mary Pickford: Supposing you have...

Supposing you have tried and failed again and again. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing...

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Barbara Stanwyck: My only problem...

Barbara Stanwyck: My only problem...

My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my...

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Marjorie Main: I can't make...

Marjorie Main: I can't make...

I can't make Pa change and be neat, so I'll have to change and be dirty. Been peace in this house ever...

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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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Billie Holiday: I'm always making...

Billie Holiday: I'm always making...

I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

Source: In...

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Tina Turner: I never said...

Tina Turner: I never said...

I never said Well, I don't have this and I don't have that. I said, I don't have this yet, but I'm going to get...

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Janis Joplin: Freedom's just another...

Janis Joplin: Freedom's just another...

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

Source:
-- Janis Joplin,...

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Billie Holiday: I never had...

Billie Holiday: I never had...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years...

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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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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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Oprah Winfrey: I still have...

Oprah Winfrey: I still have...

I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.

Source: In Oprah! by...

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Clara Barton: This conflict is...

Clara Barton: This conflict is...

This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young -- young enough to go to the front. If...

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Lillian Carter: Every time I...

Lillian Carter: Every time I...

Every time I think that I'm getting old, and going to the grave, something else happens.

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Enid Bagnold: Dead news like...

Enid Bagnold: Dead news like...

Dead news like dead love has no phoenix in its ashes.

Source: National Velvet/...

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Sylvia Plath: Too much attention...

Sylvia Plath: Too much attention...

Too much attention to health is a hindrance to learning, to invention, and to studies of any kind, for we are always...

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Margaret Atwood: If the national...

Margaret Atwood: If the national...

If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid...

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Edith Wharton: I have never...

Edith Wharton: I have never...

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political...

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