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Cher: Yes, it's a...

Cher: Yes, it's a...

Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of it. We're chipping away at their...

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Diana Ross: Instead of looking...

Diana Ross: Instead of looking...

Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to...

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Imelda Marcos: If you know...

Imelda Marcos: If you know...

If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much.

Source: On Sixty...

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Lynda Barry: Love is an...

Lynda Barry: Love is an...

Love is an exploding cigar which we willingly smoke.

Source: Big Ideas, 1983.
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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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Coco Chanel: I invented my...

Coco Chanel: I invented my...

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would...

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Diane Arbus: Most people go...

Diane Arbus: Most people go...

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their...

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Louise Nevelson: When you are...

Louise Nevelson: When you are...

When you are doing a piece you are with it. You don't want to wait until next week, when experience will have given...

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Paula Nelson: Women's battle for...

Paula Nelson: Women's battle for...

Women's battle for financial equality has barely been joined, much less won. Society still traditionally assigns to...

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Grace Hansen: Don't be afraid...

Grace Hansen: Don't be afraid...

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.

Source:...

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Marilyn Horne: The thing to...

Marilyn Horne: The thing to...

The thing to do [for insomnia] is to get an opera score and read that. That will bore you to...

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Helen Hayes: Every human being...

Helen Hayes: Every human being...

Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He was born with the tragedy that...

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Ingrid Bergman: I've never sought...

Ingrid Bergman: I've never sought...

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count 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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Shelley Winters: I think on-stage...

Shelley Winters: I think on-stage...

I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great...

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Maggie Smith: One went to...

Maggie Smith: One went to...

One went to school, one wanted to act, one started to act, and one's still acting.

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Marjorie Main: Pa ain't much...

Marjorie Main: Pa ain't much...

Pa ain't much for working and the rest the youngen's seem to take after him.

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Geraldine Chaplin: If you make...

Geraldine Chaplin: If you make...

If you make films, you're changing rhythm the whole time. You go from a quiet life to an absolutely turbulent life...

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Joan Collins: The secret of...

Joan Collins: The secret of...

The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.

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Drew Barrymore: It's only through...

Drew Barrymore: It's only through...

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.

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