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Lana Turner: A successful man...

Lana Turner: A successful man...

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a...

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Ellen Terry: Imagination, industry, and...

Ellen Terry: Imagination, industry, and...

Imagination, industry, and intelligence --the three I's --are all indispensable to the actress, but of these three the...

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Sarah Bernhardt: We must live...

Sarah Bernhardt: We must live...

We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection...

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Geraldine Chaplin: I didn't fall...

Geraldine Chaplin: I didn't fall...

I didn't fall in love with acting until I did a few films. Now, I couldn't live without...

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Adelaide A Proctor: No star is...

Adelaide A Proctor: No star is...

No star is ever lost we once have seen,
We always may be what we might have been.


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Gwendolyn Bennett: Brushes and paints...

Gwendolyn Bennett: Brushes and paints...

Brushes and paints are all I have
To speak the music in my soul . . .


Source:...

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Joanna Baillie: O lovely Sisters!...

Joanna Baillie: O lovely Sisters!...

O lovely Sisters! is it true
That they are all inspired by you,
And write by inward magic charm'd,
And high...

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Eleanor Robson Belmont: In retrospect, the...

Eleanor Robson Belmont: In retrospect, the...

In retrospect, the past seems not one existence with a continuous flow of years and events that follow each other in...

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Charlotte Bronte: Give him enough...

Charlotte Bronte: Give him enough...

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Source: Shirley, 1849.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: God's gifts put...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: God's gifts put...

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

Source: Sonnets From the Portuguese,...

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Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumble...

Mary Kay Ash: Aerodynamically the bumble...

Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying...

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Helena Rubinstein: There are no...

Helena Rubinstein: There are no...

There are no ugly women, only lazy ones.

Source: My Life for Beauty, pt. II, ch....

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Amy Vanderbilt: Ceremony is-really a...

Amy Vanderbilt: Ceremony is-really a...

Ceremony is-really a protection, too, in times of emotional involvement, particularly at death. If we have a social...

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Nellie Melba: Music is not...

Nellie Melba: Music is not...

Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart's blood of the...

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: Every political good...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: Every political good...

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

Source: The...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: Ninety percent of...

Chris Evert Lloyd: Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

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Rachel Carson: For the sense...

Rachel Carson: For the sense...

For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that we use it...

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Anne Frank: Everyone has inside...

Anne Frank: Everyone has inside...

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much...

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Peace Pilgrim: World peace will...

Peace Pilgrim: World peace will...

World peace will never be stable until enough of us find inner peace to stabilize it.

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Andrea Dworkin: The genius of...

Andrea Dworkin: The genius of...

The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a...

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