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Patti Smith: People have the...

Patti Smith: People have the...

People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

Source: From a collection of...

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Gail Parent: Fact: Girls who...

Gail Parent: Fact: Girls who...

Fact: Girls who are having a good sex thing stay in New York. The rest want to spend their summer vacations in...

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Edith Head: A designer is...

Edith Head: A designer is...

A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.

Source: In Saturday...

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Grandma Moses: If I didn't...

Grandma Moses: If I didn't...

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

Source: Grandma Moses, My...

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Louise Nevelson: You must create...

Louise Nevelson: You must create...

You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world.

Source: In Words of...

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Elizabeth Arden: Treat a horse...

Elizabeth Arden: Treat a horse...

Treat a horse like a woman and a woman like a horse. And they'll both win for you.

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Polly Adler: I am one...

Polly Adler: I am one...

I am one of those people who just can't help getting a kick out of life -- event when it's a kick in the...

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Mae West: It ain't sin...

Mae West: It ain't sin...

It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

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Gilda Radner: It's such an...

Gilda Radner: It's such an...

It's such an act of optimism to get through a day and enjoy it and laugh and do all that without thinking about death....

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Zora Neale Hurston: There are years...

Zora Neale Hurston: There are years...

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Charlotte Bronte: I am always...

Charlotte Bronte: I am always...

I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.

Source: Shirley, 1849.
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Ethel Watts Mumford: There was a...

Ethel Watts Mumford: There was a...

There was a young person of Tottenhem,
Whose manners, good Lord! she'd forgotten 'em.


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Gwendolyn Bennett: I shall sing...

Gwendolyn Bennett: I shall sing...

I shall sing a lullaby
To the song I have made
Of your hair and eyes . . .
And you will never know
That...

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Brigitte Bardot: A photograph can...

Brigitte Bardot: A photograph can...

A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at...

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Marlo Thomas: Fame lost its...

Marlo Thomas: Fame lost its...

Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper...

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Patricia Neal: [Hollywood] always sounds...

Patricia Neal: [Hollywood] always sounds...

[Hollywood] always sounds glamorous when you're young.

Source: In TIme, 20 Mar...

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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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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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Marjorie Main: Pa ain't much...

Marjorie Main: Pa ain't much...

Pa ain't much for working and the rest the youngen's seem to take after him.

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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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