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Vera-Ellen: Well, you're not...

Vera-Ellen: Well, you're not...

Well, you're not exactly Superman, but you're awfully available.

Source: On...

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Lana Turner: A gentleman is...

Lana Turner: A gentleman is...

A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.

Source: In 2,715 One-Line Quotations for...

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Ellen Terry: If it is...

Ellen Terry: If it is...

If it is the mark of the artist to love art before everything, to renounce everything for its sake, to think all the...

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Ethel Barrymore: I never let...

Ethel Barrymore: I never let...

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

Source: On control of audiences during...

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Mary Tyler Moore: Take chances, make...

Mary Tyler Moore: Take chances, make...

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to...

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Candice Bergen: When are you...

Candice Bergen: When are you...

When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't matter?

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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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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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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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Debbi Fields: What I wanted...

Debbi Fields: What I wanted...

What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best -- which I believed then and believe now...

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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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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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Grace Hansen: For some time...

Grace Hansen: For some time...

For some time I've had my eye on Tom McCall's seat which is a great deal more than he's had on...

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Sophie Tucker: Keep breathing....

Sophie Tucker: Keep breathing....

Keep breathing.

Source: Her reply, at the age of 80, when asked the secret of her...

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Madonna: I became an...

Madonna: I became an...

I became an overachiever to get approval from the world

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Pat Nixon: I'll have to...

Pat Nixon: I'll have to...

I'll have to have a room of my own. Nobody could sleep with Dick. He wakes up during the night, switches on the...

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Peggy Noonan: Read good, big...

Peggy Noonan: Read good, big...

Read good, big important things.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Gail Sheehy: Phases of the...

Gail Sheehy: Phases of the...

Phases of the creative process: Preparation-gathering impressions Incubation-letting go of certainties...

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Sheila Ballantyne: If you have...

Sheila Ballantyne: If you have...

If you have enough fantasies, you're ready, in the event that something happens.

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Kate Chopin: I wonder if...

Kate Chopin: I wonder if...

I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of...

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