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Jean Harlow: Would you be...

Jean Harlow: Would you be...

Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable?

Source: In Hell's...

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Catherine the Great: I may be...

Catherine the Great: I may be...

I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at...

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Rosalynn Carter: If you don't...

Rosalynn Carter: If you don't...

If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try -- you...

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Oprah Winfrey: The more you...

Oprah Winfrey: The more you...

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

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Wilma Pearl Mankiller: I want to...

Wilma Pearl Mankiller: I want to...

I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves.

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Catherine the Great: In my position...

Catherine the Great: In my position...

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read . ....

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Sarah Bernhardt: The truth, the...

Sarah Bernhardt: The truth, the...

The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily...

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Adelaide A Proctor: I know too...

Adelaide A Proctor: I know too...

I know too well the poison and the sting
Of things too sweet.


Source: Per Pacem...

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Charlotte Bronte: Give him enough...

Charlotte Bronte: Give him enough...

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Source: Shirley, 1849.
--...

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Aphra Behn: He that knew...

Aphra Behn: He that knew...

He that knew all that ever learning writ,
Knew only this -- that he knew nothing yet.


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Emily Dickinson: Beauty is not...

Emily Dickinson: Beauty is not...

Beauty is not caused. It is.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Emily Dickinson: Assent--and you are...

Emily Dickinson: Assent--and you are...

Assent--and you are sane--,
Demur--you're straightway dangerous--,
And handled with a...

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Emily Dickinson: Because I could...

Emily Dickinson: Because I could...

Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And...

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Ruth Gordon: The best impromptu...

Ruth Gordon: The best impromptu...

The best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.

Source: In Words...

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Lynn Fontanne: I lied to...

Lynn Fontanne: I lied to...

I lied to everybody. I lie very well, being an actress, naturally.

Source: On...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: [Sun-bleached bones] were...

Georgia O'Keeffe: [Sun-bleached bones] were...

[Sun-bleached bones] were most wonderful against the blue -- that blue that will always be there as it is now after...

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Elizabeth Arden: Dear, never forget...

Elizabeth Arden: Dear, never forget...

Dear, never forget one little point: It's my business. You just work here.

Source:...

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The one predominant...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The one predominant...

The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.

Source: The Living of...

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Grace Hansen: I feel I'm...

Grace Hansen: I feel I'm...

I feel I'm as qualified for office as any of the other comedians who are running.

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Emily Post: Manners are a...

Emily Post: Manners are a...

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no...

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