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Martha Washington: I live a...

Martha Washington: I live a...

I live a very dull life here . . . indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything...

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Nelly Sachs: Bewitched is half...

Nelly Sachs: Bewitched is half...

Bewitched is half of everything.

Source: Bewitched is half of everything, line 1,...

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Mae West: Personality is the...

Mae West: Personality is the...

Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big...

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Mae West: It isn't what...

Mae West: It isn't what...

It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it. And how I look when I do it and say...

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Marilyn Monroe: My work is...

Marilyn Monroe: My work is...

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation --but...

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Mary Kay Ash: A mediocre idea...

Mary Kay Ash: A mediocre idea...

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no...

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Nellie Melba: If I'd been...

Nellie Melba: If I'd been...

If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia -- I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for...

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Bessie Smith: There's nineteen men...

Bessie Smith: There's nineteen men...

There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood,
Eighteen of them are fools
and the one ain't no doggone...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Since when was...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Since when was...

Since when was genius found respectable?

Source: Aurora Leigh, bk. 6, 1857.
--...

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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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Madonna: To me, the...

Madonna: To me, the...

To me, the whole process of being a brushstroke in someone else's painting is a little...

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Lynn Fontanne: I lied to...

Lynn Fontanne: I lied to...

I lied to everybody. I lie very well, being an actress, naturally.

Source: On...

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Eleonora Duse: When we grow...

Eleonora Duse: When we grow...

When we grow old, there can only be one regret -- not to have given enough of ourselves.

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Didi Conn: It doesn't matter...

Didi Conn: It doesn't matter...

It doesn't matter how your child comes to you. I've never felt such joy and such love. It's the most beautiful...

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Grace Speare: We must realize...

Grace Speare: We must realize...

We must realize that the subconscious mind is the law of action and always expresses what the conscious mind has...

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Anne Hutchinson: She was a...

Anne Hutchinson: She was a...

She was a woman of haughty and fierce carriage, a nimble wit and active spirit, a very voluble tongue, more bold than...

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Sonia Johnson: As we do...

Sonia Johnson: As we do...

As we do at such times, I turned on my automatic pilot and went through the motions of normalcy on the outside, so...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The formula for...

Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The formula for...

The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more...

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Doris Lessing: In university they...

Doris Lessing: In university they...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate...

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Hannah Arendt: It is quite...

Hannah Arendt: It is quite...

It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and...

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