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Martha Graham: Dance is the...

Martha Graham: Dance is the...

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

Source: Interview The New York...

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Donna Reed: Remember the night...

Donna Reed: Remember the night...

Remember the night we broke the window in this old house? This is what I wished for.

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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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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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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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Lorraine Hansberry: Children see things...

Lorraine Hansberry: Children see things...

Children see things very well sometimes -- and idealists even better.

Source: In...

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Gilda Radner: I think dogs...

Gilda Radner: I think dogs...

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being...

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Margot Fonteyn: Minor things can...

Margot Fonteyn: Minor things can...

Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.

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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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Fannie Hurst: I'm not happy...

Fannie Hurst: I'm not happy...

I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.

Source: In 2,715...

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Bette Midler: It's the heart...

Bette Midler: It's the heart...

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.

Source: In The...

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Suzanne Vega: I'd like to...

Suzanne Vega: I'd like to...

I'd like to meet you
In a timeless placeless place
Somewhere out of context
And beyond all...

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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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Estelle Ramey: We will have...

Estelle Ramey: We will have...

We will have equality when a female schlemiel moves ahead as fast as a male schlemiel.

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Beatrice Hinkle: When one looks...

Beatrice Hinkle: When one looks...

When one looks back over human existence however, it is very evident that all culture has developed through an initial...

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Joyce Brothers: Psychologically, having it...

Joyce Brothers: Psychologically, having it...

Psychologically, having it all is not a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are...

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George Eliot: Prophecy is the...

George Eliot: Prophecy is the...

Prophecy is the most gratuitous form of error.

Source: Middlemarch, bk. 1, ch. 10,...

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George Eliot: The growing good...

George Eliot: The growing good...

The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistorical acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me...

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Eva Figes: When modern woman...

Eva Figes: When modern woman...

When modern woman discovered the orgasm it was (combined with modern birth control) perhaps the biggest single nail in...

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Annie Dillard: The life of...

Annie Dillard: The life of...

The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less;...

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