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Ruth Gordon: If you believe,...

Ruth Gordon: If you believe,...

If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you've got imagination, you don't need stuff thrown out on...

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Greta Garbo: Every one of...

Greta Garbo: Every one of...

Every one of us lives his life just once; if we are honest, to live once is enough.

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Thelma Ritter: Do you know...

Thelma Ritter: Do you know...

Do you know what I like about your program? Even when I'm running the vacuum, I can understand...

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Michelle Pfeiffer: For me, getting...

Michelle Pfeiffer: For me, getting...

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard -- that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of...

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Marie Dressler: Fate cast me...

Marie Dressler: Fate cast me...

Fate cast me to play the role of an ugly duckling with no promise of swanning. . . . I have played my life as a comedy...

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Kim Cattrall: Vulcans are so...

Kim Cattrall: Vulcans are so...

Vulcans are so smart. There's no excess; it's just enough. I learned coming away from the film that less really is...

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Diana Ross: Criticism, even when...

Diana Ross: Criticism, even when...

Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on...

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Catherine the Great: Your wits make...

Catherine the Great: Your wits make...

Your wits make others witty.

Source: Letter to Voltaire, In The Complete Works of...

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Pat Nixon: Public life is...

Pat Nixon: Public life is...

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the...

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Lauren Bacall: The purity of...

Lauren Bacall: The purity of...

The purity of Jewish upbringing is the restrictions that one carries through life being a nice Jewish girl -- what a...

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Gwendolyn Bennett: Silence is a...

Gwendolyn Bennett: Silence is a...

Silence is a sounding thing
To one who listens hungrily.


Source: Your...

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Joanna Baillie: Thinks't thou there...

Joanna Baillie: Thinks't thou there...

Thinks't thou there are no serpents in the world
But those that slide along the grassy sod,
And sting the...

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Adrienne Rich: There is the...

Adrienne Rich: There is the...

There is the falsely mystical view of art that assumes a kind of supernatural inspiration, a possession by universal...

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Corita Kent: Flowers grow out...

Corita Kent: Flowers grow out...

Flowers grow out of dark moments.

Source: Moments of 1984, Beacon 1984.
--...

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Barbara Hepworth: One must be...

Barbara Hepworth: One must be...

One must be entirely sensitive to the structure of the material that one is handling. One must yield to it in tiny...

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Joyce A Myers: Education levels the...

Joyce A Myers: Education levels the...

Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete.

Source: In The...

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Emily Post: To do exactly...

Emily Post: To do exactly...

To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.

Source: Etiquette,...

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Nellie Melba: My voice has...

Nellie Melba: My voice has...

My voice has been raised not only in song, but to make the big world outside through me, understand something of the...

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Beverly Sills: You may be...

Beverly Sills: You may be...

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

Source:...

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Alice Childress: I'm independent as...

Alice Childress: I'm independent as...

I'm independent as a hog on ice and a hog on ice is dead, cold, well-preserved and don't need a mother'grabbin,...

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