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Dinah Mulock Craik: It seems as...

Dinah Mulock Craik: It seems as...

It seems as if she had given these treasures and left him alone -- to use them, or lose them, apply them, or misapply...

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Dinah Mulock Craik: Keep what is...

Dinah Mulock Craik: Keep what is...

Keep what is worth keeping --
And with the breath of kindness
Blow the rest away.


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Gloria Vanderbilt: And it came...

Gloria Vanderbilt: And it came...

And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong -- to belong to my...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: I had to...

Georgia O'Keeffe: I had to...

I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it.

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Barbara Hepworth: I must always...

Barbara Hepworth: I must always...

I must always have a clear image of the form of a work before I begin. Otherwise there is no impulse to...

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Joyce A Myers: A BMW can't...

Joyce A Myers: A BMW can't...

A BMW can't take you as far as a diploma.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Elizabeth Arden: Nothing that costs...

Elizabeth Arden: Nothing that costs...

Nothing that costs only a dollar is worth having.

Source: In In Cosmetics the Old...

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Sylvia Porter: One of the...

Sylvia Porter: One of the...

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is...

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Reba McEntire: When onstage, I...

Reba McEntire: When onstage, I...

When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from...

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Drew Barrymore: It's only through...

Drew Barrymore: It's only through...

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.

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Pearl Bailey: Everybody wants to...

Pearl Bailey: Everybody wants to...

Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.

Source: In...

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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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Katharine Hepburn: If you always...

Katharine Hepburn: If you always...

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

Source: In The...

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Lauren Bacall: I think your...

Lauren Bacall: I think your...

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

Source:...

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Ruth Draper: He said I...

Ruth Draper: He said I...

He said I was the most sensitive person he had ever seen -- that I belonged to the hyper-hyper type and we rarely...

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Glenda Jackson: Acting is not...

Glenda Jackson: Acting is not...

Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget...

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Debra Winger: I make decisions...

Debra Winger: I make decisions...

I make decisions for my life, not the other way around. Besides, when you have a kid, you must weigh everything...

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Barbara Stanwyck: Egotism -- usually...

Barbara Stanwyck: Egotism -- usually...

Egotism -- usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.

Source: In The New Webster's...

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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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Minnie Maddern Fiske: The great actors...

Minnie Maddern Fiske: The great actors...

The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.

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