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Andrea Dworkin: Women have been...

Andrea Dworkin: Women have been...

Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. Some of...

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Anita Brookner: A complete woman...

Anita Brookner: A complete woman...

A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way,...

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Joanne Woodward: Intensity is so...

Joanne Woodward: Intensity is so...

Intensity is so much more becoming in the young.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I am as...

Tallulah Bankhead: I am as...

I am as pure as the driven slush.

Source:
-- Tallulah Bankhead, (Jan 31...

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Phylicia Rashad: There's always something...

Phylicia Rashad: There's always something...

There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on...

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Katharine Hepburn: It's life isn't...

Katharine Hepburn: It's life isn't...

It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them....

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Tallulah Bankhead: Nobody can be...

Tallulah Bankhead: Nobody can be...

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Source: In...

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Lauren Bacall: I think your...

Lauren Bacall: I think your...

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

Source:...

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Debra Winger: I make decisions...

Debra Winger: I make decisions...

I make decisions for my life, not the other way around. Besides, when you have a kid, you must weigh everything...

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Jean Harlow: HARLOW: I was...

Jean Harlow: HARLOW: I was...

HARLOW: I was reading a book the other day . . . the guy said machinery is going to take the place of every...

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Sophie Tucker: Keep breathing....

Sophie Tucker: Keep breathing....

Keep breathing.

Source: Her reply, at the age of 80, when asked the secret of her...

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Mary Antin: It is not...

Mary Antin: It is not...

It is not that I belong to the past, but the past that belongs to me.

Source: The...

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Millicent Fenwick: I have come...

Millicent Fenwick: I have come...

I have come to believe that the one thing people cannot bear is a sense of injustice. Poverty, cold, even hunger, are...

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Pat Nixon: Being First Lady...

Pat Nixon: Being First Lady...

Being First Lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

Source: Inteview in...

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Phyllis Diller: Living in Hollywood...

Phyllis Diller: Living in Hollywood...

Living in Hollywood is like living in a lit cigar butt.

Source: In An Uncommon...

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Rita Rudner: Most turkeys taste...

Rita Rudner: Most turkeys taste...

Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.

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Nina Simone: Jazz is not...

Nina Simone: Jazz is not...

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new inventive phrases we...

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Lynda Barry: If it is...

Lynda Barry: If it is...

If it is your time love will track you down like a cruise missile. If you say No! I don't want it right now, that's...

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Edith Head: Your dresses should...

Edith Head: Your dresses should...

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a...

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Mary Kay Ash: People fail forward...

Mary Kay Ash: People fail forward...

People fail forward to success.

Source: On People Management, 1984.
-- Mary Kay...

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