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Judith Martin: If it's against...

Judith Martin: If it's against...

If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.

Source:...

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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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Marian Anderson: Sometimes you're overwhelmed...

Marian Anderson: Sometimes you're overwhelmed...

Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment....

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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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Katharine Hepburn: Life's what's important....

Katharine Hepburn: Life's what's important....

Life's what's important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy. Acting's just waiting for a custard pie....

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Geena Davis: If it isn't...

Geena Davis: If it isn't...

If it isn't a success, that still wouldn't be grounds for divorce.

Source: On her...

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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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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

How pleasant it is, at the end of the day,
No follies to have to repent;
But reflect on the past, and be able to...

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Louise A Bogan: Life and death...

Louise A Bogan: Life and death...

Life and death occur, as they must, but they are all bound up with love and hatred, in the individual bosom, and it is...

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Lorraine Hansberry: Take away the...

Lorraine Hansberry: Take away the...

Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?

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-- Lorraine...

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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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Eleanor Robson Belmont: An actor rides...

Eleanor Robson Belmont: An actor rides...

An actor rides in a bus or railroad train; he sees a movement and applies it to a new role. The whole garment in which...

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Elsa Schiaparelli: A good cook...

Elsa Schiaparelli: A good cook...

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.

Source: Shocking Life,...

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Louise Nevelson: You must create...

Louise Nevelson: You must create...

You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world.

Source: In Words of...

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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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Debbi Fields: What I wanted...

Debbi Fields: What I wanted...

What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best -- which I believed then and believe now...

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Polly Adler: I am one...

Polly Adler: I am one...

I am one of those people who just can't help getting a kick out of life -- event when it's a kick in the...

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Katharine Graham: If we had...

Katharine Graham: If we had...

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an...

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Judith Jamison: I believe that...

Judith Jamison: I believe that...

I believe that this world was set about for us to enjoy and to love and to experience and to have it all be, to a...

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Carol Burnett: I have always...

Carol Burnett: I have always...

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really...

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