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Grandma Moses: I look back...

Grandma Moses: I look back...

I look back on my life a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it.

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Grace Hansen: ??...

Grace Hansen: ??...

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-- Grace Hansen, (Jan 0 1913-1985), US dance director; 0

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Martha Graham: Dance is the...

Martha Graham: Dance is the...

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

Source: Interview The New York...

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Candice Bergen: Living in L.A....

Candice Bergen: Living in L.A....

Living in L.A. is like not having a date on Saturday night.

Source: In The Book of...

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Yoko Ono: Maybe we were...

Yoko Ono: Maybe we were...

Maybe we were naive, but still we were very honest about everything we did.

Source:...

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Lucille Ball: Use a make-up...

Lucille Ball: Use a make-up...

Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork...

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Drew Barrymore: I'm not after...

Drew Barrymore: I'm not after...

I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly [that I want] to have a good job and have good...

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Jane Wagner: A sobering thought:...

Jane Wagner: A sobering thought:...

A sobering thought: What if, right at this very moment, I am living up to my full...

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Hazel Scott: I think we...

Hazel Scott: I think we...

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts. We can either...

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Ethel Merman: I take a...

Ethel Merman: I take a...

I take a breath when I have to.

Source: In Time, 27 Feb 1984.
-- Ethel Merman,...

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Madonna: I wouldn't have...

Madonna: I wouldn't have...

I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel...

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Dinah Shore: Bing Crosby sings...

Dinah Shore: Bing Crosby sings...

Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.

Source: In...

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Pat Nixon: I would feel...

Pat Nixon: I would feel...

I would feel sorry for her if she did.

Source: On whether she would want her...

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Amy Lowell: Hate is ravening...

Amy Lowell: Hate is ravening...

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.

Source: In The...

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Sonia Sanchez: I cannot tell...

Sonia Sanchez: I cannot tell...

I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day....

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Susan Griffin: I am not...

Susan Griffin: I am not...

I am not so different in my history of abandonment from anyone else after all. We have all been split away from the...

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Jacqueline Bisset: A mode of...

Jacqueline Bisset: A mode of...

A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman...

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Katharine Hepburn: Enemies are so...

Katharine Hepburn: Enemies are so...

Enemies are so stimulating.

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

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Whoopi Goldberg: The art of...

Whoopi Goldberg: The art of...

The art of acting is to be other than what you are.

Source: In What's Whoopi...

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Whoopi Goldberg: I'm fighting the...

Whoopi Goldberg: I'm fighting the...

I'm fighting the label of Black actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are...

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