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Maya Angelou: If one is...

Maya Angelou: If one is...

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

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Peace Pilgrim: For light I...

Peace Pilgrim: For light I...

For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.

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Sojourner Truth: We do as...

Sojourner Truth: We do as...

We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Alice Roosevelt Longworth: I have a...

Alice Roosevelt Longworth: I have a...

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it...

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Julia Child: Find something you're...

Julia Child: Find something you're...

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

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Harriet Van Horne: The time of...

Harriet Van Horne: The time of...

The time of the rack and the screws is come. Summer television has set in with its usual severity. And the small...

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Anne Frank: I keep my...

Anne Frank: I keep my...

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at...

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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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Christina Aguilera: Right now I'm...

Christina Aguilera: Right now I'm...

Right now I'm pretty single . . . . My career is my boyfriend.

Source: Interview...

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Bette Davis: Never, never trust...

Bette Davis: Never, never trust...

Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.

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Mary Astor: Once you start...

Mary Astor: Once you start...

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

Source: A Life on Film,...

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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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Debra Winger: I push for...

Debra Winger: I push for...

I push for what I think can be the best, and if I feel they're not going for the best, it kills...

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Debra Winger: I was never...

Debra Winger: I was never...

I was never afraid of failure after that because, I think, coming that close to death you get kissed. With the years,...

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Vera-Ellen: I'm not exactly...

Vera-Ellen: I'm not exactly...

I'm not exactly repulsive.

Source: As Judy Haynes in White Christmas, 1954.
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Vera-Ellen: You know, in...

Vera-Ellen: You know, in...

You know, in some ways you're far superior to my cocker spaniel. [Danny Kaye to...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Books succeed, and...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Books succeed, and...

Books succeed, and lives fail.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Joanna Baillie: What custom hath...

Joanna Baillie: What custom hath...

What custom hath endeared
We part with sadly, tho we prize it not.


Source:...

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Barbara Ward: There is no...

Barbara Ward: There is no...

There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavour and then leave it half...

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Ilka Chase: You can always...

Ilka Chase: You can always...

You can always spot a well-informed man -- his views are the same as yours.

Source:...

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