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Lily Tomlin: For fast acting...

Lily Tomlin: For fast acting...

For fast acting relief, try slowing down.

Source: In Quote Disk 1,2,3, by DBUG,...

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Gracie Allen: The President of...

Gracie Allen: The President of...

The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.

Source:...

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Oprah Winfrey: You can have...

Oprah Winfrey: You can have...

You can have it all. You just can't have it all at one time.

Source: In Ladies Home...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: I always wanted...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: I always wanted...

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college . . . I did other...

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Anne Sexton: Even without wars,...

Anne Sexton: Even without wars,...

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

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

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Anne Bradstreet: And he...

Anne Bradstreet: And he...

And he that knowes the most, cloth still bemoan
He knows not all that here is to be...

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Emily Dickinson: Anger as soon...

Emily Dickinson: Anger as soon...

Anger as soon as fed is dead -
'Tis starving makes it fat.


Source: Poems, Second...

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Ruth Gordon: Never give up;...

Ruth Gordon: Never give up;...

Never give up; and never, under any circumstances, no matter what -- never face the facts.

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Michelle Pfeiffer: You know, I...

Michelle Pfeiffer: You know, I...

You know, I look like a duck. I just do. And I'm not the only person who thinks that. It's the way my mouth sort of...

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Kirstie Alley: I don't think...

Kirstie Alley: I don't think...

I don't think that [children are] any more resilent than anyone else. They're just people with little...

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Ruth Westheimer: Our way is...

Ruth Westheimer: Our way is...

Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the...

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Margot Asquith: He [Lloyd George]...

Margot Asquith: He [Lloyd George]...

He [Lloyd George] could not see a belt without hitting below it.

Source:...

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Erica Jong: It is for...

Erica Jong: It is for...

It is for this, partly, that I write. How can I know what I think unless I see what I...

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George Eliot: A difference of...

George Eliot: A difference of...

A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Source: Daniel...

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Margaret Thatcher: Look at a...

Margaret Thatcher: Look at a...

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing. It's...

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Corazon Aquino: The nation was...

Corazon Aquino: The nation was...

The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.

Source: Dedicating a marker at...

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Dianne Feinstein: Ninety percent of...

Dianne Feinstein: Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.

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Nancy Astor: My vigor, vitality,...

Nancy Astor: My vigor, vitality,...

My vigor, vitality, and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run away from.

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Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by...

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Mary Baker Eddy: To live and...

Mary Baker Eddy: To live and...

To live and let live, without clamour for distinction or recognition; . . . to write truth first on the tablet of...

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