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Britney Spears: When you sing...

Britney Spears: When you sing...

When you sing a song with feeling and do your all you connect and that's crucial to me.

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Edith Sitwell: [T]he man of...

Edith Sitwell: [T]he man of...

[T]he man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are...

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Emily Dickinson: Ample make this...

Emily Dickinson: Ample make this...

Ample make this Bed --
Make this Bed with Awe --
In it wait till Judgment break
Excellent and...

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Joyce A Myers: Teachers can change...

Joyce A Myers: Teachers can change...

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

Source:...

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Katharine Hepburn: I never lose...

Katharine Hepburn: I never lose...

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

Source: Good Housekeeping...

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Marilyn Monroe: Unfortunately, I am...

Marilyn Monroe: Unfortunately, I am...

Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few...

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Cornelia Otis Skinner: Women's virtue is...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: Women's virtue is...

Women's virtue is man's greatest invention.

Source: In Paris '90.
-- Cornelia...

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Roseanne Barr: Women should try...

Roseanne Barr: Women should try...

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space...

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Lily Tomlin: If love is...

Lily Tomlin: If love is...

If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?

Source: In Webster's...

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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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Camille Paglia: The greatest honor...

Camille Paglia: The greatest honor...

The greatest honor that can be paid to the work of art, on its pedestal of ritual display, is to describe it with...

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Aretha Franklin: Don t say...

Aretha Franklin: Don t say...

Don t say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!

Source: On the...

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Billie Holiday: You can't copy...

Billie Holiday: You can't copy...

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two...

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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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Suzanne Vega: I believe right...

Suzanne Vega: I believe right...

I believe right now if I could
I would swallow you whole
I would leave only bones and teeth
We could see what...

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Oprah Winfrey: If you want...

Oprah Winfrey: If you want...

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the Spirit.

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Susan Sarandon: I'm looking forward...

Susan Sarandon: I'm looking forward...

I'm looking forward to being older when what you look like becomes less and less the issue and what you are is the...

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Ouida: Indifference is the...

Ouida: Indifference is the...

Indifference is the invisible giant of the world.

Source: Wisdom, Wit and Pathos,...

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Ouida: Petty laws breed...

Ouida: Petty laws breed...

Petty laws breed great crimes.

Source: Wisdom, Wit and Pathos, Moths, 1884.
--...

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Jean Stafford: . . ....

Jean Stafford: . . ....

. . . as she moved from table to table, endeavoring to understand the [gambling] games, she realized that either her...

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