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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: 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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Geena Davis: Something's like crossed...

Geena Davis: Something's like crossed...

Something's like crossed over in me and I can't go back. I couldn't live.

Source:...

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Donna Reed: When you handle...

Donna Reed: When you handle...

When you handle yourself, use your head; when you handle others, use your heart.

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Shirley Booth: I much prefer...

Shirley Booth: I much prefer...

I much prefer being a man. Women have to spend so much time pulling themselves together, and their shoes kill your...

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Phyllis Diller: Always be nice...

Phyllis Diller: Always be nice...

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

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Elsa Schiaparelli: Fashion is born...

Elsa Schiaparelli: Fashion is born...

Fashion is born by small facts, trends, or even politics, never by trying to make little pleats and furbelows, by...

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Louise Nevelson: When you are...

Louise Nevelson: When you are...

When you are doing a piece you are with it. You don't want to wait until next week, when experience will have given...

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Paula Nelson: Going into business...

Paula Nelson: Going into business...

Going into business for yourself, becoming an entrepreneur, is the modern-day equivalent of pioneering on the old...

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Kathy Ireland: My family gave...

Kathy Ireland: My family gave...

My family gave me values that have sustained me through situations that would challenge any person. My personal...

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Martha Graham: You are unique,...

Martha Graham: You are unique,...

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled then something has been lost.

Source:...

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Louise Erdrich: They were so...

Louise Erdrich: They were so...

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were;...

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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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Nathalie Sarraute: We're swallowed up...

Nathalie Sarraute: We're swallowed up...

We're swallowed up only when we are willing for it to happen.

Source: The...

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Aphra Behn: Variety is the...

Aphra Behn: Variety is the...

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Source: The Rover, Pt II. I
-- Aphra Behn, (Jul...

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Anne Bradstreet: I am obnoxious...

Anne Bradstreet: I am obnoxious...

I am obnoxious to each carping tongue
Who says my hand a needle better fits,
A poet's pen all scorn I should...

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Lily Tomlin: For fast acting...

Lily Tomlin: For fast acting...

For fast acting relief, try slowing down.

Source: In Quote Disk 1,2,3, by DBUG,...

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Shirley Temple Black: Make-believe colors the...

Shirley Temple Black: Make-believe colors the...

Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways in science, in...

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Gwendolyn Brooks: A writer should...

Gwendolyn Brooks: A writer should...

A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of...

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