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Joe E Lewis: It doesn't matter...

Joe E Lewis: It doesn't matter...

It doesn't matter whether you are rich or poor -- as long as you've got money.

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Margaret Cho: If we have...

Margaret Cho: If we have...

If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of...

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Mel Brooks: Humor is just...

Mel Brooks: Humor is just...

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Joan Rivers: I succeeded by...

Joan Rivers: I succeeded by...

I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold,...

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Gracie Allen: They laughed at...

Gracie Allen: They laughed at...

They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.

Source: In The...

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Beatrice Lillie: [R]eaction and laughter...

Beatrice Lillie: [R]eaction and laughter...

[R]eaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more inclined to forget its...

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Rita Rudner: Before I met...

Rita Rudner: Before I met...

Before I met my husband I'd never fallen in love, though I'd stepped in it a few times.

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Lucille Ball: Love yourself first...

Lucille Ball: Love yourself first...

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in...

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Amie Comeaux: Sometimes in spite...

Amie Comeaux: Sometimes in spite...

Sometimes in spite of difference
Sometimes against all odds
Some things are meant to happen
It's written in...

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Charlie Parker: Don't play the...

Charlie Parker: Don't play the...

Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Willie Nelson: I never gave...

Willie Nelson: I never gave...

I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.

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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: The twisted circumstances...

Alice Childress: The twisted circumstances...

The twisted circumstances under which we live is grist for the writing mill, the loving, hating and discovering,...

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Alice Childress: It becomes almost...

Alice Childress: It becomes almost...

It becomes almost second nature to be on guard against the creative pattern of our own...

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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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Herman J Mankiewicz: It is the...

Herman J Mankiewicz: It is the...

It is the only disease you don't look forward to being cured of.

Source: Referring...

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Gail Parent: Don't we realize...

Gail Parent: Don't we realize...

Don't we realize we're a business, we single girls are? Every building that goes up in Manhattan has more than fifty...

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Ronnie Milsap: Music is not...

Ronnie Milsap: Music is not...

Music is not just my passion it's my companion.

Source: In The Book of Country...

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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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