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Roseanne Barr: My husband and...

Roseanne Barr: My husband and...

My husband and I didn't sign a pre-nuptial agreement. We signed a mutual suicide pact.

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Roseanne Barr: Excuse the mess...

Roseanne Barr: Excuse the mess...

Excuse the mess but we live here.

Source: In The Almanac of Quotable Quotes from...

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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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Francesca Annis: I don't really...

Francesca Annis: I don't really...

I don't really have an image of myself. Now, is that true? Well, maybe I do and it's different, which is why I get...

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Emily Dickinson: If I shouldn't...

Emily Dickinson: If I shouldn't...

If I shouldn't be alive
When the robins come,
Give the one in red cravat
A memorial...

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Emily Dickinson: The Pedigree of...

Emily Dickinson: The Pedigree of...

The Pedigree of Honey
Does not concern the Bee --
A Clover, any time, to him,
Is Aristocracy...

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Emily Dickinson: Success is counted...

Emily Dickinson: Success is counted...

Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest...

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Maureen Duffy: I think basically...

Maureen Duffy: I think basically...

I think basically I just think I want everyone and don't really want anybody.

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Maria Callas: I would like...

Maria Callas: I would like...

I would like to be Maria, but there is Las Callas who demands that I carry myself with her...

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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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Anne Baxter: My grandfather Frank...

Anne Baxter: My grandfather Frank...

My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That, is glamour!

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Gracie Allen: Brains, integrity, and...

Gracie Allen: Brains, integrity, and...

Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your...

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Lotte Lehmann: You have always...

Lotte Lehmann: You have always...

You have always given me more than I gave to you. . . . You were the wings on which I...

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Peace Pilgrim: The purpose of...

Peace Pilgrim: The purpose of...

The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have...

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Helen Keller: Of all the...

Helen Keller: Of all the...

Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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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: His ignorance was...

Dorothy Parker: His ignorance was...

His ignorance was an Empire State Building of ignorance. You had to admire it for its...

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Jane Smiley: I have noticed...

Jane Smiley: I have noticed...

I have noticed before that there is a category of acquaintanceship that is not friendship or business or romance, but...

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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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Florence King: Time has lost...

Florence King: Time has lost...

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American...

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