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Ingrid Bengis: The real trap...

Ingrid Bengis: The real trap...

The real trap of fame is its irresistibility.

Source: Monroe According to Mailer,...

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Virgilia Peterson: Not only are...

Virgilia Peterson: Not only are...

Not only are there as many conflicting truths as there are people to claim them; there are equally multitudinous and...

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Elsa Maxwell: Giving parties is...

Elsa Maxwell: Giving parties is...

Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.

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Rebecca Harding Davis: While the light...

Rebecca Harding Davis: While the light...

While the light burning within may have been divine, the outer case of the lamp was assuredly cheap enough. Whitman...

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Rosalind Russell: Acting is standing...

Rosalind Russell: Acting is standing...

Acting is standing up naked and turning around slowly.

Source: Life Is a Banquet,...

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Sarah Siddons: The awful consciousness...

Sarah Siddons: The awful consciousness...

The awful consciousness that one is the sole object of attention to that immense space . . . and on all sides round,...

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Marlene Dietrich: The weak are...

Marlene Dietrich: The weak are...

The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak...

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Barbra Streisand: A human being...

Barbra Streisand: A human being...

A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you...

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Barbra Streisand: Success to me...

Barbra Streisand: Success to me...

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons, and eating only the top half of each one.

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Shirley Jones: It was a...

Shirley Jones: It was a...

It was a wonderful time [making The Partridge Family] and I loved every minute of it. We had a great executive...

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Joan Rivers: God always comes...

Joan Rivers: God always comes...

God always comes up with a third act twist -- and we won't know until we die whether the play was a comedy or a...

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Gracie Allen: The Senate is...

Gracie Allen: The Senate is...

The Senate is the only show in the world where the cash customers have to sit in the...

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Judy Collins: I've gone through...

Judy Collins: I've gone through...

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get...

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Judy Collins: I don't think...

Judy Collins: I don't think...

I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the...

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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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Bette Midler: I always try...

Bette Midler: I always try...

I always try to balance the light with the heavy -- a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the...

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Doris Day: If it's true...

Doris Day: If it's true...

If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal...

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Oprah Winfrey: Think like a...

Oprah Winfrey: Think like a...

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to...

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Whoopi Goldberg: The art of...

Whoopi Goldberg: The art of...

The art of acting is to be other than what you are.

Source: In What's Whoopi...

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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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