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Carrie Fisher: I am a...

Carrie Fisher: I am a...

I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by...

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Gilda Radner: It is so...

Gilda Radner: It is so...

It is so hard for us little human beings to accept this deal that we get. It's really crazy, isn't it? We act to live,...

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Phylicia Rashad: [Meditation] is the...

Phylicia Rashad: [Meditation] is the...

[Meditation] is the power that leads you to your own truth. Everybody needs to be free. The main thing meditation...

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Mary Tyler Moore: I'm an experienced...

Mary Tyler Moore: I'm an experienced...

I'm an experienced woman; I've been around . . . well, alright, I might not've been around, but I've been . . ....

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Emily Post: The attributes of...

Emily Post: The attributes of...

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy and...

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Billie Holiday: Sometimes it's worse...

Billie Holiday: Sometimes it's worse...

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Marian Anderson: I had gone...

Marian Anderson: I had gone...

I had gone to Europe . . . to reach for a place as a serious artist, but I never doubted that I must return. I was --...

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Karen Carpenter: I remember thinking...

Karen Carpenter: I remember thinking...

I remember thinking back then, 'Oh God, if we don't get a hit by the time I'm 20 I have to kill myself!' Well, we JUST...

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Ruth Etting: He just play...

Ruth Etting: He just play...

He just play chords
Like nobody can
They call him Sam
The old accordian man.


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Doris Day: The really frightening...

Doris Day: The really frightening...

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

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Bette Midler: My idea of...

Bette Midler: My idea of...

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

Source: In Webster's...

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Betty Hutton: I don't know...

Betty Hutton: I don't know...

I don't know where it's all going to lead. I have no idea where I'm going. I would just like to be...

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Alice Duer Miller: People love to...

Alice Duer Miller: People love to...

People love to talk but hate to listen. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every...

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Mari Evans: I'm<br>gonna spread out<br>over...

Mari Evans: I'm
gonna spread out
over...

I'm
gonna spread out
over America
intrude
my proud blackness
all
over the...

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Alice Meynell: I come from...

Alice Meynell: I come from...

I come from nothing: but from where
come the undying thoughts I bear?


Source:...

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Maxine Kumin: Cherish your wilderness....

Maxine Kumin: Cherish your wilderness....

Cherish your wilderness.

Source: You Are in Bear Country, The Long Approach,...

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Maxine Kumin: Everything pays for...

Maxine Kumin: Everything pays for...

Everything pays for growing tame.

Source: You Are in Bear Country, The Long...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: It would be...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: It would be...

It would be difficult to determine whether the age is growing better or worse; for I think our plays are growing like...

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Virginia Graham: Be blind. Be...

Virginia Graham: Be blind. Be...

Be blind. Be stupid. Be British. Be careful.

Source: Say Please, ch. 24,...

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Ma Rainey: You see me...

Ma Rainey: You see me...

You see me ravin', you hear me crying,
Of Lawd, this lonely heart of maine,
Sometimes I'm grieving from my hat...

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