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Dorothy Gilman: The best things...

Dorothy Gilman: The best things...

The best things arrive on time.

Source: A New Kind of Country, 1978.
-- Dorothy...

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Margaret Halsey: Bulldogs have been...

Margaret Halsey: Bulldogs have been...

Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity.

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Harper Lee: The one thing...

Harper Lee: The one thing...

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Source:...

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Harper Lee: Folks don't like...

Harper Lee: Folks don't like...

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change any of...

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Marguerite Yourcenar: The memory of...

Marguerite Yourcenar: The memory of...

The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to...

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Elizabeth Taylor: When people say,...

Elizabeth Taylor: When people say,...

When people say, She's got everything, I've got one answer: I haven't had tomorrow.

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Barbara Stanwyck: There is a...

Barbara Stanwyck: There is a...

There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.

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Greta Garbo: I'm afraid of...

Greta Garbo: I'm afraid of...

I'm afraid of nothing except being bored.

Source: Garbo to Robert Taylor in...

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Kirstie Alley: I'm happy when...

Kirstie Alley: I'm happy when...

I'm happy when I'm juggling, but I feel like I've gone from, like, 3 balls to 10 -- bowling balls. But, that's a good...

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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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Louise Brooks: I never gave...

Louise Brooks: I never gave...

I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept it without wishing I had given it...

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Sophia Loren: Getting ahead in...

Sophia Loren: Getting ahead in...

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent...

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Gwendolyn Bennett: Oh, stir the...

Gwendolyn Bennett: Oh, stir the...

Oh, stir the lucid waters of thy sleep
And coin for me a tale
Of happy loves and gems and joyous limbs
And...

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Lynda Barry: You know...

Lynda Barry: You know...

You know that great car-stomach feeling when you fly over a hump? That was my whole...

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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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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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Marilyn Horne: Whenever you think...

Marilyn Horne: Whenever you think...

Whenever you think that you are getting too big for the people around you, remember all that separates you from the...

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Gail Parent: Do you want...

Gail Parent: Do you want...

Do you want to live in a world where a man Iies about calories?

Source: The Facts,...

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Nikki Giovanni: If now isn't...

Nikki Giovanni: If now isn't...

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.

Source: In...

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Barbra Streisand: What does it...

Barbra Streisand: What does it...

What does it mean when people applaud? . . . Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of...

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