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Nikki Giovanni: A white face...

Nikki Giovanni: A white face...

A white face goes with a white mind. Occasionally a black face goes with a white mind. Very seldom a white face will...

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Nelly Sachs: Bewitched is half...

Nelly Sachs: Bewitched is half...

Bewitched is half of everything.

Source: Bewitched is half of everything, line 1,...

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Joanna Baillie: O lovely Sisters!...

Joanna Baillie: O lovely Sisters!...

O lovely Sisters! is it true
That they are all inspired by you,
And write by inward magic charm'd,
And high...

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Rosalind Russell: When something [an...

Rosalind Russell: When something [an...

When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat...

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Phyllis Diller: Burt Reynolds once...

Phyllis Diller: Burt Reynolds once...

Burt Reynolds once asked me out. I was in his room.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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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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Tallulah Bankhead: If you really...

Tallulah Bankhead: If you really...

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an...

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Greta Garbo: Is there anything...

Greta Garbo: Is there anything...

Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within...

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Geraldine Chaplin: I didn't fall...

Geraldine Chaplin: I didn't fall...

I didn't fall in love with acting until I did a few films. Now, I couldn't live without...

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Francesca Annis: It's like a...

Francesca Annis: It's like a...

It's like a fire. It goes through a journey, and each stage is interesting. I don't regret the passing of time. I try...

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Abigail Adams: Wisdom and penetration...

Abigail Adams: Wisdom and penetration...

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call...

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Martha Washington: I live a...

Martha Washington: I live a...

I live a very dull life here . . . indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything...

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Ruby Dee: That's what being...

Ruby Dee: That's what being...

That's what being young is all about. You have the courage and the daring to think that you can make a difference....

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Ellen Terry: Imagination, industry, and...

Ellen Terry: Imagination, industry, and...

Imagination, industry, and intelligence --the three I's --are all indispensable to the actress, but of these three the...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: A man in...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: A man in...

A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished.

Source: In...

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Marilyn Monroe: I've always felt...

Marilyn Monroe: I've always felt...

I've always felt those articles somehow reveal more about the writers than they do about...

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Simone Weil: Who were the...

Simone Weil: Who were the...

Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing is easier. And once they are dead...

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Peace Pilgrim: If you realized...

Peace Pilgrim: If you realized...

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

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Dolores Huerta: Don't be a...

Dolores Huerta: Don't be a...

Don't be a marshmallow. Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk. Stop being vegetables. Work for...

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Virginia Woolf: On the outskirts...

Virginia Woolf: On the outskirts...

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

Source:...

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