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Tallulah Bankhead: Here's a rule...

Tallulah Bankhead: Here's a rule...

Here's a rule I recommend. Never practice two vices at once.

Source: Tallulah....

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Kathleen Turner: I know there...

Kathleen Turner: I know there...

I know there are nights when I have power, when I could put on something and walk in somewhere, and if there is a man...

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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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Ingrid Bergman: Old age is...

Ingrid Bergman: Old age is...

Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless...

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Sydney Biddle Barrows: I ran the...

Sydney Biddle Barrows: I ran the...

I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.

Source: Quoted by...

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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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Beverly Sills: My voice had...

Beverly Sills: My voice had...

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once...

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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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Catherine the Great: In my position...

Catherine the Great: In my position...

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read . ....

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Abigail Adams: [A]rbitrary power is...

Abigail Adams: [A]rbitrary power is...

[A]rbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken . ....

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Lady Bird Johnson: Any committee is...

Lady Bird Johnson: Any committee is...

Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody...

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Rosalynn Carter: If you don't...

Rosalynn Carter: If you don't...

If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try -- you...

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Marilyn Monroe: A career is...

Marilyn Monroe: A career is...

A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.

Source: Marilyn: The Woman Who...

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Francesca Annis: It's like a...

Francesca Annis: It's like a...

It's like a fire. It goes through a journey, and each stage is interesting. I don't regret the passing of time. I try...

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Emily Dickinson: Tis so much...

Emily Dickinson: Tis so much...

'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a...

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Emily Dickinson: A little madness...

Emily Dickinson: A little madness...

A little madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King.


Source: 1875;...

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Emily Dickinson: A great Hope...

Emily Dickinson: A great Hope...

A great Hope fell
You heard no noise
The Ruin was within.


Source: c.1864,...

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Emily Dickinson: Because I could...

Emily Dickinson: Because I could...

Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: How many inner...

Natalie Clifford Barney: How many inner...

How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.

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