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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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Mary Astor: It's not good...

Mary Astor: It's not good...

It's not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the...

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Shelley Long: He [Mr. Wrong]...

Shelley Long: He [Mr. Wrong]...

He [Mr. Wrong] still shows up in my dreams, and I still don't know what to do with him. I was quite enamored with him...

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Didi Conn: [Kids today] think...

Didi Conn: [Kids today] think...

[Kids today] think Grease is just one long music video. So they watch it over and over again the way we, when we were...

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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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Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativeness often consists...

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: Creativeness often consists...

Creativeness often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that the right and left shoes...

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Debbi Fields: You do not...

Debbi Fields: You do not...

You do not have to be superhuman to do what you believe in.

Source: In Words of...

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Joyce A Myers: Life's an open...

Joyce A Myers: Life's an open...

Life's an open book and an education helps you write success stories.

Source: In...

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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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Barbara Ward: The modern world...

Barbara Ward: The modern world...

The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay and can be...

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Margot Fonteyn: Genius is another...

Margot Fonteyn: Genius is another...

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.

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Martha Graham: The only sin...

Martha Graham: The only sin...

The only sin is mediocrity.

Source: In The New York Times, 31 Mar 1985.
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Nellie Melba: The first rule...

Nellie Melba: The first rule...

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself.

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Lotte Lehmann: The music is...

Lotte Lehmann: The music is...

The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world.

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Doris Day: Wrinkles are hereditary....

Doris Day: Wrinkles are hereditary....

Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.

Source: In A...

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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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Catherine the Great: I shall be...

Catherine the Great: I shall be...

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and that good Lord will forgive me, that's his.

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Nancy Reagan: I have been...

Nancy Reagan: I have been...

I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in...

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Lorraine Hansberry: Seems like God...

Lorraine Hansberry: Seems like God...

Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams -- but He did give us children to make them...

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Joan Rivers: Thank God we're...

Joan Rivers: Thank God we're...

Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks...

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