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Gloria Swanson: I am big....

Gloria Swanson: I am big....

I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

Source: As Norma Desmond, in Sunset...

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Gwendolyn Brooks: A writer should...

Gwendolyn Brooks: A writer should...

A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of...

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Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge: fitter to bruise than...

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Shirley Temple Black: Dr. Kissinger was...

Shirley Temple Black: Dr. Kissinger was...

Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was.

Source: In The Last Word -...

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Mary Antin: A long past...

Mary Antin: A long past...

A long past vividly remembered is like a heavy garment that clings to your limbs when you would...

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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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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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Bette Davis: Without wonder and...

Bette Davis: Without wonder and...

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

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Didi Conn: In terms of...

Didi Conn: In terms of...

In terms of my store of emotional experiences it now as many more aisles than twenty years ago to pick...

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Marlene Dietrich: I love quotations...

Marlene Dietrich: I love quotations...

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by...

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Yoko Ono: Everybody's an artist....

Yoko Ono: Everybody's an artist....

Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.

Source:...

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Joan Baez: You don't get...

Joan Baez: You don't get...

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live....

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Hedda Hopper: In Hollywood gratitude...

Hedda Hopper: In Hollywood gratitude...

In Hollywood gratitude is Public Enemy Number One.

Source: From Under My Hat,...

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Edith Head: The subjective actress...

Edith Head: The subjective actress...

The subjective actress thinks of clothes only as they apply to her; the objective actress thinks of them only as they...

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Corita Kent: Life is a...

Corita Kent: Life is a...

Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.

Source: In...

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Barbara Hepworth: . . ....

Barbara Hepworth: . . ....

. . . I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.

Source: The Sculptor...

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Barbara Hepworth: [My works are]...

Barbara Hepworth: [My works are]...

[My works are] an imitation of my own past and present and of my own creative vitality as I experience them in one...

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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: Women's battle for...

Paula Nelson: Women's battle for...

Women's battle for financial equality has barely been joined, much less won. Society still traditionally assigns to...

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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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