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Ingrid Bergman: Happiness is good...

Ingrid Bergman: Happiness is good...

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby...

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Ruth Draper: Try to look...

Ruth Draper: Try to look...

Try to look at everything through the eyes of a child.

Source: In Discerning God's...

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Elizabeth Ashley: The only thing...

Elizabeth Ashley: The only thing...

The only thing I like about being an actress is acting.

Source: In The Last Word -...

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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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Pearl Bailey: When you're young,...

Pearl Bailey: When you're young,...

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.

Source: The...

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Diana Ross: I really, deeply...

Diana Ross: I really, deeply...

I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their...

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Susan Sarandon: Children reinvent your...

Susan Sarandon: Children reinvent your...

Children reinvent your world for you.

Source:
-- Susan Sarandon, (Oct 4...

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Ellen Terry: Conceit is an...

Ellen Terry: Conceit is an...

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

Source: Ellen Terry's Memoirs,...

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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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Mae West: I used to...

Mae West: I used to...

I used to be snow white, but I drifted.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Jane Sherwood Ace: The chickens have...

Jane Sherwood Ace: The chickens have...

The chickens have come home to roast.

Source: In Peter's Quotations, by Laurence J....

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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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Emily Dickinson: Faith is a...

Emily Dickinson: Faith is a...

Faith is a fine invention
When Gentleman can see --
But Microscopes are prudent
In an...

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Emily Dickinson: Anger as soon...

Emily Dickinson: Anger as soon...

Anger as soon as fed is dead -
'Tis starving makes it fat.


Source: Poems, Second...

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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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Mary Kay Ash: Most people live...

Mary Kay Ash: Most people live...

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

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Mary Kay Ash: Criticize the act,...

Mary Kay Ash: Criticize the act,...

Criticize the act, not the person.

Source:
-- Mary Kay Ash, (May 12 1915-2001),...

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Elizabeth Arden: Dear, never forget...

Elizabeth Arden: Dear, never forget...

Dear, never forget one little point: It's my business. You just work here.

Source:...

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Est?e Lauder: If you don't...

Est?e Lauder: If you don't...

If you don't sell, it's not the product that's wrong, it's you.

Source: To...

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The one predominant...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The one predominant...

The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.

Source: The Living of...

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