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Mary Kay Ash: So many women...

Mary Kay Ash: So many women...

So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the...

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Sylvia Porter: Money never remains...

Sylvia Porter: Money never remains...

Money never remains just coins and pieces of paper. Money can be translated into the beauty of living, a support in...

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Sylvia Porter: Beware of the...

Sylvia Porter: Beware of the...

Beware of the danger signals that flag problems: silence, secretiveness, or sudden...

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Beatrice Potter Webb: Religion is love;...

Beatrice Potter Webb: Religion is love;...

Religion is love; in no case is it logic.

Source: My Apprenticeship, Ch. 2,...

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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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Aphra Behn: There is no...

Aphra Behn: There is no...

There is no sinner like a young saint.

Source: Willmore, in The Rover, act 1, sc....

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Anne Sexton: The beautiful feeling...

Anne Sexton: The beautiful feeling...

The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after sex, and that's saying a...

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Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edg[e], fitter to bruise than...

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Edith Evans: I can't imagine...

Edith Evans: I can't imagine...

I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.

Source:
-- Edith...

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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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Marilyn Monroe: A kiss on...

Marilyn Monroe: A kiss on...

A kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara is forever.

Source:...

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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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Sarah Bernhardt: We must live...

Sarah Bernhardt: We must live...

We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection...

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Thelma Ritter: Nobody ever invented...

Thelma Ritter: Nobody ever invented...

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

Source: Ritter Kelly when...

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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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Joan Collins: Loneliness is the...

Joan Collins: Loneliness is the...

Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Joan Baez: The easiest kind...

Joan Baez: The easiest kind...

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with...

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Alice Childress: Some feminists feel...

Alice Childress: Some feminists feel...

Some feminists feel that a woman should never be wrong. We have a right to be wrong.

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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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Lena Horne: Don't be afraid...

Lena Horne: Don't be afraid...

Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just...

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