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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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Maria Schell: If there were...

Maria Schell: If there were...

If there were one city I should pick to live in, it would be New York. It is a city where I walk down the street and...

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Didi Conn: We stayed in...

Didi Conn: We stayed in...

We stayed in character all day long, we had everybody call us by our character's names . . . that gave us the creative...

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Claudette Colbert: Why do grandparents...

Claudette Colbert: Why do grandparents...

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy -- the...

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Lena Horne: Always be smarter...

Lena Horne: Always be smarter...

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

Source: Interview - 1985.
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Imelda Marcos: I did not...

Imelda Marcos: I did not...

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.

Source:...

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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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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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Paula Nelson: Americans want action...

Paula Nelson: Americans want action...

Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self-reproducing qualities if it's put to work . ....

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Susan RoAne: They say, You...

Susan RoAne: They say, You...

They say, You can't give a smile away; it always comes back. The same is true of a kind word or a conversation...

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Hannah Cowley: O lord! your...

Hannah Cowley: O lord! your...

O lord! your wise men are the greatest fools upon earth; they reason about their enjoyments, and analyse their...

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Christina Rossetti: I might show...

Christina Rossetti: I might show...

I might show facts as plain as day:
But since your eyes are blind, you'd say,
Where? What? and turn...

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Diane Wakoski: Learning to live...

Diane Wakoski: Learning to live...

Learning to live with what you're born with
is the process,
the involvement,
the making of a...

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Sophia Loren: When you are...

Sophia Loren: When you are...

When you are a mother you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for...

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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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Diane Trilling: Unrecognized alcoholism is...

Diane Trilling: Unrecognized alcoholism is...

Unrecognized alcoholism is the ruling pathology among writers and intellectuals.

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Elizabeth Janeway: Such simplicity cannot...

Elizabeth Janeway: Such simplicity cannot...

Such simplicity cannot be taught. But it can be denied and lost.

Source: In The...

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Marge Piercy: A new idea...

Marge Piercy: A new idea...

A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces
More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne.
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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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