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Paula Nelson: Going into business...

Paula Nelson: Going into business...

Going into business for yourself, becoming an entrepreneur, is the modern-day equivalent of pioneering on the old...

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Kathy Ireland: My family gave...

Kathy Ireland: My family gave...

My family gave me values that have sustained me through situations that would challenge any person. My personal...

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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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Maria Callas: I cannot switch...

Maria Callas: I cannot switch...

I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.

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Greta Garbo: I'm afraid of...

Greta Garbo: I'm afraid of...

I'm afraid of nothing except being bored.

Source: Garbo to Robert Taylor in...

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Shirley Booth: I much prefer...

Shirley Booth: I much prefer...

I much prefer being a man. Women have to spend so much time pulling themselves together, and their shoes kill your...

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Gwendolyn Bennett: I shall sing...

Gwendolyn Bennett: I shall sing...

I shall sing a lullaby
To the song I have made
Of your hair and eyes . . .
And you will never know
That...

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Marianne Moore: Impatience is the...

Marianne Moore: Impatience is the...

Impatience is the mark of independence,
not of bondage.


Source: In The Speaker's...

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Kathleen Turner: Being a sex...

Kathleen Turner: Being a sex...

Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know...

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Louise Brooks: I never gave...

Louise Brooks: I never gave...

I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept it without wishing I had given it...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: I am a...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: I am a...

I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.

Source:...

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Lillian Gish: You know, when...

Lillian Gish: You know, when...

You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and...

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May Sarton: In a total...

May Sarton: In a total...

In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place.

Source: Mrs....

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Dodie Smith: My imagination longs...

Dodie Smith: My imagination longs...

My imagination longs to dash ahead and plan developments; but I have noticed that when things happen in one's...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: . . ....

Sarah Josepha Hale: . . ....

. . . rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising...

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Louise A Bogan: [Your work] is...

Louise A Bogan: [Your work] is...

[Your work] is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Source: In...

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Charlotte Bronte: I am always...

Charlotte Bronte: I am always...

I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.

Source: Shirley, 1849.
--...

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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?

Source:
-- Lorraine...

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Ethel Watts Mumford: A man of...

Ethel Watts Mumford: A man of...

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

Source: In Oxford...

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Aphra Behn: There is no...

Aphra Behn: There is no...

There is no sinner like a young saint.

Source: Willmore, in The Rover, act 1, sc....

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