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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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Jane Seymour: Music has brought...

Jane Seymour: Music has brought...

Music has brought me some of the highest moments of my life. I don't even hear the music. I don't even hear the notes....

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Hermione Gingold: My father dealt...

Hermione Gingold: My father dealt...

My father dealt in stocks and shares and my mother also had a lot of time on her hands.

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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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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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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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Nikki Giovanni: It is not...

Nikki Giovanni: It is not...

It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.

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Louise A Bogan: Innocence of heart...

Louise A Bogan: Innocence of heart...

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist...

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Charlotte Bronte: Better to be...

Charlotte Bronte: Better to be...

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

Source: The Professor, 1846.
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Aphra Behn: Money speaks sense...

Aphra Behn: Money speaks sense...

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Source: The Rover,...

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Christina Rossetti: I might show...

Christina Rossetti: I might show...

I might show facts as plain as day:
But since your eyes are blind, you'd say,
Where? What? and turn...

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Eliza Cook: I love it,...

Eliza Cook: I love it,...

I love it, I love it; and who shall dare
To chide me for loving that old arm-chair?


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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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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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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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