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Alice Childress: I continue to...

Alice Childress: I continue to...

I continue to create because writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale...

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Alice Childress: Writers are encouraged...

Alice Childress: Writers are encouraged...

Writers are encouraged to keep 'em laughing and complain with good humor in order to win allies. The joke is always on...

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Alice Childress: I think women...

Alice Childress: I think women...

I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep...

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Samuel Goldwyn: I read part...

Samuel Goldwyn: I read part...

I read part of it all the way through.

Source: Attr., quoted in Philip French, The...

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Samuel Goldwyn: A verbal contract...

Samuel Goldwyn: A verbal contract...

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's printed on.

Source: attributed
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Clifton Fadiman: My son is...

Clifton Fadiman: My son is...

My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the...

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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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Marian Anderson: Every one has...

Marian Anderson: Every one has...

Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

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Sophie Tucker: Gradually, at the...

Sophie Tucker: Gradually, at the...

Gradually, at the concerts, I began to hear calls for 'the fat girl' . . . . Then I would jump up for the piano stool,...

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Linda Ronstadt: You have to...

Linda Ronstadt: You have to...

You have to erect a fence and say OK, scale this.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Linda Ronstadt: We were raised...

Linda Ronstadt: We were raised...

We were raised with the idea that we had limitless chances and we got very shocked to learn that wasn't the...

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Tina Turner: Sometimes you've got...

Tina Turner: Sometimes you've got...

Sometimes you've got to let everything go -- purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever is...

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Whitney Houston: God gave me...

Whitney Houston: God gave me...

God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?

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Mariah Carey: My mother is...

Mariah Carey: My mother is...

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me -- I'm tan, I guess.

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Mariah Carey: This is for...

Mariah Carey: This is for...

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford: Do you want...

Tennessee Ernie Ford: Do you want...

Do you want to be successful? Nurture your talent.

Source: In The Book of Country...

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Elvis Presley: Ambition is a...

Elvis Presley: Ambition is a...

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

Source: In Rand Lindsly's HUGE Quotations...

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Dean Martin: If you drink,...

Dean Martin: If you drink,...

If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.

Source: In The Golfer's Book of Wisdom,...

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Will Rogers: Don't let yesterday...

Will Rogers: Don't let yesterday...

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today!

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Donny Osmond: Always surround yourself...

Donny Osmond: Always surround yourself...

Always surround yourself with people who are better than you. If you're hanging around bad people, they're going to...

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