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Martina Navratilova: Being blunt with...

Martina Navratilova: Being blunt with...

Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic as...

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Joyce A Myers: A #2 pencil...

Joyce A Myers: A #2 pencil...

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Exciting literature after...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Exciting literature after...

Exciting literature after supper is not the best digestive.

Source: The Living of...

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Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.

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Ingrid Bergman: It's not whether...

Ingrid Bergman: It's not whether...

It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

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Lauren Bacall: I used to...

Lauren Bacall: I used to...

I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically...

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Geraldine Chaplin: Drugs are marvelous...

Geraldine Chaplin: Drugs are marvelous...

Drugs are marvelous if you want to escape, but reality is so rich, why escape?

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Hermione Gingold: I got all...

Hermione Gingold: I got all...

I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign...

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Ethel Barrymore: When life knocks...

Ethel Barrymore: When life knocks...

When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well,...

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Kathe Kollwitz: No longer diverted...

Kathe Kollwitz: No longer diverted...

No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.

Source: Diaries...

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Est?e Lauder: Never just run...

Est?e Lauder: Never just run...

Never just run out for a few minutes without looking your best. This is not vanity -- it's self-liking. Your face is...

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Bette Midler: I wouldn't say...

Bette Midler: I wouldn't say...

I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Genius is essentially...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Genius is essentially...

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

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Meridel Le Sueur: Hard times ain't...

Meridel Le Sueur: Hard times ain't...

Hard times ain't quit and we ain't quit.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Hillary Rodham Clinton: I believe that...

Hillary Rodham Clinton: I believe that...

I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of...

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Jill Ruckelshaus: It occurred to...

Jill Ruckelshaus: It occurred to...

It occurred to me when I was thirteen and wearing white gloves and Mary Janes and going to dancing school, that no one...

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Marguerite de Valois: Tears may be...

Marguerite de Valois: Tears may be...

Tears may be dried up, but the heart -- never.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Margaret Mead: We need every...

Margaret Mead: We need every...

We need every human gift and cannot afford to neglect any gift because of artificial barriers of sex or race or class...

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Florence Scovel Shinn: Every great work,...

Florence Scovel Shinn: Every great work,...

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and...

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St Teresa of Avila: Accustom yourself continually...

St Teresa of Avila: Accustom yourself continually...

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the...

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