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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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Jeanne Moreau: Acting deals with...

Jeanne Moreau: Acting deals with...

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he...

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Debra Winger: I was never...

Debra Winger: I was never...

I was never afraid of failure after that because, I think, coming that close to death you get kissed. With the years,...

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Thelma Ritter: Between the late...

Thelma Ritter: Between the late...

Between the late late show at night and Dave Garroway in the morning, why, it seems like there ain't much...

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Shelley Long: I'm not as...

Shelley Long: I'm not as...

I'm not as klutzy as I used to be . . . . I've had visual therapy and all kinds of things to help, but I still wrap my...

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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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Marie Dressler: By the time...

Marie Dressler: By the time...

By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really...

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Kirstie Alley: I was a...

Kirstie Alley: I was a...

I was a Scientologist before I was an actress, and I've always felt people are not only content with whatever religion...

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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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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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Lynda Barry: If it is...

Lynda Barry: If it is...

If it is your time love will track you down like a cruise missile. If you say No! I don't want it right now, that's...

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Coco Chanel: I invented my...

Coco Chanel: I invented my...

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: Most people in...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Most people in...

Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want...

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Berenice Abbott: I am so...

Berenice Abbott: I am so...

I am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I'll be there until the last minute,...

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Diane Arbus: Love involves a...

Diane Arbus: Love involves a...

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.

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Helena Rubinstein: Leave the table...

Helena Rubinstein: Leave the table...

Leave the table while you still feel you could eat a little more.

Source: In Words...

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Kathy Ireland: I know that...

Kathy Ireland: I know that...

I know that I've been blessed in many ways, and I was fortunate enough to travel the world and meet a lot of...

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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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Lily Tomlin: The best mind-altering...

Lily Tomlin: The best mind-altering...

The best mind-altering drug is truth.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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Louise Erdrich: In our own...

Louise Erdrich: In our own...

In our own beginnings, we are formed out of the body's interior landscape, For a short while, our mothers' bodies are...

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