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Gilda Radner: I think dogs...

Gilda Radner: I think dogs...

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being...

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Goldie Hawn: I must say...

Goldie Hawn: I must say...

I must say that the biggest lesson you can learn in life, or teach your children, is that life is not castles in the...

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Sarah Siddons: The awful consciousness...

Sarah Siddons: The awful consciousness...

The awful consciousness that one is the sole object of attention to that immense space . . . and on all sides round,...

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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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Alberta Hunter: I'm not living...

Alberta Hunter: I'm not living...

I'm not living the blues; I'm just singing for the women who think they can't speak out. Can't a man alive mistreat...

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Lucille Ball: One of the...

Lucille Ball: One of the...

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism...

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Judy Collins: I sang in...

Judy Collins: I sang in...

I sang in the coffee houses . . . in the early 60's with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just...

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Joan Baez: Good morning, children...

Joan Baez: Good morning, children...

Good morning, children of the 80s. This is your Woodstock, and it's long overdue.

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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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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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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: A pat on...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: A pat on...

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in...

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Loretta Swit: It wasn't so...

Loretta Swit: It wasn't so...

It wasn't so much that I was all alone on stage, but it was the realization of how much you need the response ... you...

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May Sarton: The minute one...

May Sarton: The minute one...

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

Source: Mrs. Stevens...

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Beth Henley: And all writing...

Beth Henley: And all writing...

And all writing is creating or spinning dreams for other people so they won't have to bother doing it...

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Zora Neale Hurston: It would be...

Zora Neale Hurston: It would be...

It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the bottom, top, or in between. . . . We will go...

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Edith Sitwell: I'm patient with...

Edith Sitwell: I'm patient with...

I'm patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it.

Source: In...

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Jenny Joseph: But maybe I...

Jenny Joseph: But maybe I...

But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When...

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Grandma Moses: I paint from...

Grandma Moses: I paint from...

I paint from the top down. From the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the houses, then the cattle, and...

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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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Billie Holiday: Somebody once said...

Billie Holiday: Somebody once said...

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

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