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Roseanne Barr: Beauty comes in...

Roseanne Barr: Beauty comes in...

Beauty comes in all sizes-not just size 5.

Source: In The Quotable Quotations Book,...

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Roseanne Barr: There's nothing like...

Roseanne Barr: There's nothing like...

There's nothing like a hardship song to set my toes atappin.

Source: In The...

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Emily Dickinson: Much Madness is...

Emily Dickinson: Much Madness is...

Much Madness is divinest Sense --
To a discerning Eye --
Much Sense --the starkest Madness...

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Rita Dove: If only the...

Rita Dove: If only the...

If only the sun-drenched celebrities are being noticed and worshiped, then our children are going to have a tough time...

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Caroline Sheridan Norton: My beautiful, my...

Caroline Sheridan Norton: My beautiful, my...

My beautiful, my beautiful! That standest meekly by,
With thy proudly-arched and glossy neck, and dark and fiery...

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Beverly Sills: There is a...

Beverly Sills: There is a...

There is a growing strength in women, but it's in the forehead, not the forearm.

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Catherine Deneuve: Acting is also...

Catherine Deneuve: Acting is also...

Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost...

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Cher: I won't be...

Cher: I won't be...

I won't be able to do what I'm doing forever. There aren't that many scripts floating around for fifty-year-old...

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Joni Mitchell: And the seasons,...

Joni Mitchell: And the seasons,...

And the seasons, they go round and round,
And the painted ponies go up and down.
We're captive on the carousel...

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Helen Keller: It's wonderful to...

Helen Keller: It's wonderful to...

It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no...

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Dorothy Parker: Four be the...

Dorothy Parker: Four be the...

Four be the things I'd been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.


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Dorothy Parker: I can't talk...

Dorothy Parker: I can't talk...

I can't talk about Hollywood. It was a horror to me when I was there and it's a horror to look back on. I can't...

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Dorothy Parker: By the time...

Dorothy Parker: By the time...

By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying...

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Dorothy Parker: I shall stay...

Dorothy Parker: I shall stay...

I shall stay the way I am because I do not give a damn.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Dorothy Parker: This is on...

Dorothy Parker: This is on...

This is on me.

Source: Suggested epitaph for her own tombstone; in You Might As...

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Anne Frank: Parents can only...

Anne Frank: Parents can only...

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies...

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Renata Adler: In the strange...

Renata Adler: In the strange...

In the strange heat all litigation brings to bear on things, the very process of litigation fosters the most profound...

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Shana Alexander: I don't believe...

Shana Alexander: I don't believe...

I don't believe man is woman's natural enemy. Perhaps his lawyer is.

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Molly Ivins: I believe in...

Molly Ivins: I believe in...

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

Source: In...

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Julie Burchill: Tears are sometimes...

Julie Burchill: Tears are sometimes...

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely...

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