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Jane Seymour: Music has brought...

Jane Seymour: Music has brought...

Music has brought me some of the highest moments of my life. I don't even hear the music. I don't even hear the notes....

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Mae West: I believe in...

Mae West: I believe in...

I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold,...

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Ava Gardner: I couldn't imagine...

Ava Gardner: I couldn't imagine...

I couldn't imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.

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Jean Harlow: Would you be...

Jean Harlow: Would you be...

Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable?

Source: In Hell's...

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Thelma Ritter: If there's anything...

Thelma Ritter: If there's anything...

If there's anything worse than a woman living alone, it's a woman saying she likes it.

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Kathleen Turner: I'm not bad,...

Kathleen Turner: I'm not bad,...

I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.

Source: Turner as the voice of Jessica Rabbit...

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Ruby Dee: Paradise is to...

Ruby Dee: Paradise is to...

Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other. The music people...

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Nikki Giovanni: We black women...

Nikki Giovanni: We black women...

We black women are the single group in the West intact. And anybody can see we're pretty shaky. We are, however (all...

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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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Hannah Cowley: Every body about...

Hannah Cowley: Every body about...

Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere...

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Anne Bradstreet: If we had...

Anne Bradstreet: If we had...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. If we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would...

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Diane Wakoski: Learning to live...

Diane Wakoski: Learning to live...

Learning to live with what you're born with
is the process,
the involvement,
the making of a...

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Amy Lowell: Moon!<br>Moon!<br>I am prone...

Amy Lowell: Moon!
Moon!
I am prone...

Moon!
Moon!
I am prone before you.
Pity me,
And drench me in loneliness.


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Grandma Moses: A primitive artist...

Grandma Moses: A primitive artist...

A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.

Source: In Webster's NewWorld...

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Helena Rubinstein: Leave the table...

Helena Rubinstein: Leave the table...

Leave the table while you still feel you could eat a little more.

Source: In Words...

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Faith Popcorn: Just before consumers...

Faith Popcorn: Just before consumers...

Just before consumers stop doing something, they do it with a vengeance.

Source: In...

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Leontyne Price: Art is the...

Leontyne Price: Art is the...

Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the...

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Sophie Tucker: Success in show...

Sophie Tucker: Success in show...

Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends.

Source:...

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Christina Aguilera: I'm experimental by...

Christina Aguilera: I'm experimental by...

I'm experimental by nature . . . always exploring my creativity.

Source: Interview...

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Mary Antin: The Wandering Jew...

Mary Antin: The Wandering Jew...

The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness. I am not afraid to live on and on, if only I do not have to remember too...

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