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Mary Stewart: But I have...

Mary Stewart: But I have...

But I have noticed this about ambitious men, or men in power -- they fear even the slightest and least likely threat...

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Judith Guest: And if you...

Judith Guest: And if you...

And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty,...

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Daisy Ashford: I am parshial...

Daisy Ashford: I am parshial...

I am parshial [sic] to ladies if they are nice. I suppose it is my nature. I am not quite a gentleman but you would...

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Francoise Sagan: One can never...

Francoise Sagan: One can never...

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

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Lisa Alther: If this was...

Lisa Alther: If this was...

If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: A weapon is...

Lois McMaster Bujold: A weapon is...

A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.

Source: In Collection...

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Marilu Henner: After 19 years...

Marilu Henner: After 19 years...

After 19 years of experimenting, a thousand mistakes, over 400 books, at least 200 bad diets... and a partridge in a...

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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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Barbara Stanwyck: Sponsors obviously care...

Barbara Stanwyck: Sponsors obviously care...

Sponsors obviously care more about a ninety-second commercial and want to pay you more than any guest star gets for a...

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Sarah Siddons: . . ....

Sarah Siddons: . . ....

. . . I know, by sad experience, with what difficulty a mind, weakened by long and uninterrupted suffering, admits...

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Yoko Ono: All my concerts...

Yoko Ono: All my concerts...

All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their...

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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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Sonia Sanchez: Poetry is subconscious...

Sonia Sanchez: Poetry is subconscious...

Poetry is subconscious conversation, it is as much the work of those who understand it and those who make...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The truest greatness...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The truest greatness...

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

Source:...

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Ethel Merman: She's OK if...

Ethel Merman: She's OK if...

She's OK if you like talent.

Source: On her friend Mary Martin; In Words of Women...

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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 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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Florence King: People are so...

Florence King: People are so...

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that...

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Jane Welsh Carlyle: It is sad...

Jane Welsh Carlyle: It is sad...

It is sad and wrong to be so dependent for the life of my life on any human being as I am on you; but I cannot by any...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Happiness is a...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Happiness is a...

Happiness is a rare plant, that seldom takes root on earth -- few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the...

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