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Gilda Radner: While we have...

Gilda Radner: While we have...

While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die -- whether it is our...

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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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Phylicia Rashad: There's always something...

Phylicia Rashad: There's always something...

There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on...

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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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Nina Simone: Jazz is not...

Nina Simone: Jazz is not...

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new inventive phrases we...

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Gypsy Rose Lee: God is love,...

Gypsy Rose Lee: God is love,...

God is love, but get it in writing.

Source: Attributed.
-- Gypsy Rose Lee, (Feb...

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Phyllis Diller: Living in Hollywood...

Phyllis Diller: Living in Hollywood...

Living in Hollywood is like living in a lit cigar butt.

Source: In An Uncommon...

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Hedda Hopper: Nobody's interested in...

Hedda Hopper: Nobody's interested in...

Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury...

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Mary Kay Ash: Criticize the act,...

Mary Kay Ash: Criticize the act,...

Criticize the act, not the person.

Source:
-- Mary Kay Ash, (May 12 1915-2001),...

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Est?e Lauder: Touch a face....

Est?e Lauder: Touch a face....

Touch a face. Touch a hand. Say, This is for you, this is what I want you, to wear.

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Audiences are always...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Audiences are always...

Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of...

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Polly Adler: My home is...

Polly Adler: My home is...

My home is in whatever town I'm booked.

Source: A House Is Not a Home, 1953.
--...

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Faith Popcorn: The trouble with...

Faith Popcorn: The trouble with...

The trouble with corporate America is that too many people with too much power live in a box (their home), travel the...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Books succeed, and...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Books succeed, and...

Books succeed, and lives fail.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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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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Nancy Reagan: I don't think...

Nancy Reagan: I don't think...

I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: There are two...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: There are two...

There are two kinds of women: those who want power in the world, and those who want power in...

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Mae West: Don't marry a...

Mae West: Don't marry a...

Don't marry a man to reform him that's what reform schools are for.

Source: In An...

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Mae West: I generally avoid...

Mae West: I generally avoid...

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

Source: 'My Little...

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Carol Burnett: [This is to...

Carol Burnett: [This is to...

[This is to explain] just how your mom turned out to be the kind of hairpin she is.

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