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Nina Simone: It's time to...

Nina Simone: It's time to...

It's time to take a look at my failures and stop calling them successes. Now I can start working at something that can...

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Bernice Johnson Reagon: The voice I...

Bernice Johnson Reagon: The voice I...

The voice I have now, I got the first time I sang in a movement meeting, after I got out of jail . . . and I'd never...

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Ethel Barrymore: You grow up...

Ethel Barrymore: You grow up...

You grow up the day you have the first real laugh -- at yourself.

Source: In The...

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Marilyn Monroe: I used to...

Marilyn Monroe: I used to...

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me,...

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Lauren Bacall: Imagination is the...

Lauren Bacall: Imagination is the...

Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.

Source: In Lauren Bacall, By...

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Elizabeth Taylor: It is strange......

Elizabeth Taylor: It is strange......

It is strange... that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for...

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Shelley Winters: I did a...

Shelley Winters: I did a...

I did a picture in England one winter and it was so cold I almost got married.

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Elizabeth Arden: Death not merely...

Elizabeth Arden: Death not merely...

Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from the hazardous flux to which...

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Fannie Hurst: It takes a...

Fannie Hurst: It takes a...

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

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Pearl Bailey: There are two...

Pearl Bailey: There are two...

There are two kinds of talents, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard....

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Fanny Brice: When love is...

Fanny Brice: When love is...

When love is out of your life, you're through in a way. Because while it is there it's like a motor that's going, you...

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Mary Antin: There is never...

Mary Antin: There is never...

There is never a Jewish community without its scholars, but where Jews may not be both intellectuals and Jews, they...

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Ruby Dee: The kind of...

Ruby Dee: The kind of...

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within -- strength, courage,...

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Edith Evans: . . ....

Edith Evans: . . ....

. . . actresses are such very dull people off the stage. We are only delightful and brilliant when we are doing what...

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Lillian Gish: The stage was...

Lillian Gish: The stage was...

The stage was our school, our home, our life.

Source: Describing her and her sister...

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Roseanne Barr: I know how...

Roseanne Barr: I know how...

I know how to do anything -- I'm a mom.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Rosalind Russell: Taking joy in...

Rosalind Russell: Taking joy in...

Taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Joanna Baillie: It is so...

Joanna Baillie: It is so...

It is so seldom that a young fellow has any inclination for the company of an old man. . .

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Rita Dove: Sometimes<br>a word is...

Rita Dove: Sometimes
a word is...

Sometimes
a word is found so right it trembles
at the slightest explanation.


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Diane Ackerman: We live on...

Diane Ackerman: We live on...

We live on the leash of our senses.

Source: A Natural History of the Senses,...

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