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Shirley Chisholm: When morality comes...

Shirley Chisholm: When morality comes...

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom profit that loses.

Source: In...

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Nancy Astor: My vigor, vitality,...

Nancy Astor: My vigor, vitality,...

My vigor, vitality, and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run away from.

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Anne Wilson Schaef: It is not...

Anne Wilson Schaef: It is not...

It is not what I do, it is the way I do it, that will get me in the end.

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Meridel Le Sueur: Surround of rainbows...

Meridel Le Sueur: Surround of rainbows...

Surround of rainbows
Listen
The rain comes upon us
Restore us.


Source:...

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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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Brigitte Bardot: I gave my...

Brigitte Bardot: I gave my...

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to...

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Lynn Fontanne: One reason we...

Lynn Fontanne: One reason we...

One reason we lasted so long is that we usually played two people who were very much in love. As we were realistic...

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Minnie Maddern Fiske: Among the most...

Minnie Maddern Fiske: Among the most...

Among the most disheartening and dangerous of . . . advisors, you will often find those closest to you, your dearest...

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Thelma Ritter: Between the late...

Thelma Ritter: Between the late...

Between the late late show at night and Dave Garroway in the morning, why, it seems like there ain't much...

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Maggie Smith: What was wrong...

Maggie Smith: What was wrong...

What was wrong with those people tonight? Never have I heard such a cacophony of coughs before! Is there an epidemic?...

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Kirstie Alley: I don't think...

Kirstie Alley: I don't think...

I don't think that [children are] any more resilent than anyone else. They're just people with little...

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Kirstie Alley: I was a...

Kirstie Alley: I was a...

I was a Scientologist before I was an actress, and I've always felt people are not only content with whatever religion...

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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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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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Joan Collins: The secret of...

Joan Collins: The secret of...

The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.

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Joan Collins: Loneliness is the...

Joan Collins: Loneliness is the...

Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Coco Chanel: I invented my...

Coco Chanel: I invented my...

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would...

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Louise Nevelson: What we start...

Louise Nevelson: What we start...

What we start with is a conviction to fulfill our being. Horses, trees fulfill themselves. Why shouldn't...

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Polly Adler: It's not the...

Polly Adler: It's not the...

It's not the college degree that makes a writer. The great thing is to have a story to...

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Susan RoAne: Respect for people...

Susan RoAne: Respect for people...

Respect for people is the cornerstone of communication and networking in the nineties.

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