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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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Eliza Cook: Whom do we...

Eliza Cook: Whom do we...

Whom do we dub as Gentleman?
The Knave, the fool, the brute --
If they but own full tithe of gold,
and Wear a...

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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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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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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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Mary Antin: It is only...

Mary Antin: It is only...

It is only that my illusion is more real to me than reality. And so do we often build our world on an error, and cry...

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Barbara Bush: I listen and...

Barbara Bush: I listen and...

I listen and give input only if somebody asks.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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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.

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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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Sally Field: I never really...

Sally Field: I never really...

I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with...

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Jeanne Moreau: I don't think...

Jeanne Moreau: I don't think...

I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing...

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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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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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Mary Kay Ash: Most people live...

Mary Kay Ash: Most people live...

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

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Elizabeth Arden: Treat a horse...

Elizabeth Arden: Treat a horse...

Treat a horse like a woman and a woman like a horse. And they'll both win for you.

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Barbara Ward: The modern world...

Barbara Ward: The modern world...

The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay and can be...

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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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Grandma Moses: Painting's not important....

Grandma Moses: Painting's not important....

Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy.

Source: In Words of...

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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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