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Virginia Woolf: We all indulge...

Virginia Woolf: We all indulge...

We all indulge in the strange, pleasant process called thinking, but when it comes to saying, even to someone...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: Ideas move rapidly...

Carolyn Heilbrun: Ideas move rapidly...

Ideas move rapidly when their time comes.

Source: Toward a Recognition of...

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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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Billie Jean King: The trouble with...

Billie Jean King: The trouble with...

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that...

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Florence Griffith Joyner: When anyone tells...

Florence Griffith Joyner: When anyone tells...

When anyone tells me I can't do anything. I'm just not listening any more.

Source:...

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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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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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Tallulah Bankhead: Acting is a...

Tallulah Bankhead: Acting is a...

Acting is a form of confusion.

Source: Tallulah. 1952.
-- Tallulah Bankhead,...

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Betty Grable: I'm a song...

Betty Grable: I'm a song...

I'm a song and dance girl. I can act enough to get by. But that's the limit of my talents.

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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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Simone Signoret: I suspect there...

Simone Signoret: I suspect there...

I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: Before I put...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Before I put...

Before I put a brush to canvas, I question, Is this mine? . . . Is it influenced by some idea which I have acquired...

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Louise Nevelson: From the first...

Louise Nevelson: From the first...

From the first day in school until the day I graduated, everyone gave me one hundred plus in art. Well, where do you...

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Anita Roddick: There is no...

Anita Roddick: There is no...

There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to live it and do...

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Anna Pavlova: Success depends in...

Anna Pavlova: Success depends in...

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a...

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Beverly Sills: A happy woman...

Beverly Sills: A happy woman...

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her...

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Lotte Lehmann: Do not become...

Lotte Lehmann: Do not become...

Do not become paralyzed and enchained by the set patterns which have been woven of old. No, build from your own...

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Emily Dickinson: After great pain,...

Emily Dickinson: After great pain,...

After great pain, a formal feeling comes.
The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.


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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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Oprah Winfrey: The more you...

Oprah Winfrey: The more you...

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

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