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Diane Sawyer: People tend to...

Diane Sawyer: People tend to...

People tend to vote the present tense -- not the subjective.

Source: On CBS-TV, 8...

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Sheilah Graham: You can have...

Sheilah Graham: You can have...

You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that...

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Robin Morgan: It isn't until...

Robin Morgan: It isn't until...

It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you (a) become really committed to winning, and (b) become a...

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Erma Bombeck: Dreams have only...

Erma Bombeck: Dreams have only...

Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.

Source: In...

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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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Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: A good ad...

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon: A good ad...

A good ad should be like a good sermon: It must not only comfort the afflicted, it also must afflict the...

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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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Paula Nelson: Gold-hoarding goes against...

Paula Nelson: Gold-hoarding goes against...

Gold-hoarding goes against the American grain; it fits in better with European pessimism than with America's...

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Jacqueline Bisset: You need to...

Jacqueline Bisset: You need to...

You need to become a good listener. VERY VERY important. As you're working, you hear someone else's lines and how you...

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Mae West: It's hard to...

Mae West: It's hard to...

It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mae...

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Bessie Smith: There's nineteen men...

Bessie Smith: There's nineteen men...

There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood,
Eighteen of them are fools
and the one ain't no doggone...

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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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Joan Rivers: After we made...

Joan Rivers: After we made...

After we made love he took a piece of chalk and made an outline of my body.

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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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Margot Asquith: The ingrained idea...

Margot Asquith: The ingrained idea...

The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is...

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Erica Jong: Advice is what...

Erica Jong: Advice is what...

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

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Erica Jong: No one ever...

Erica Jong: No one ever...

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the...

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Vicki Baum: What I like...

Vicki Baum: What I like...

What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English -- SWELL and...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: The advantage of...

Natalie Clifford Barney: The advantage of...

The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight.

Source: In...

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Maria Montessori: If help and...

Maria Montessori: If help and...

If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of...

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