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Louis Armstrong: I got a...

Louis Armstrong: I got a...

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you!

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Bill Monroe: Country music belongs...

Bill Monroe: Country music belongs...

Country music belongs to America.

Source: In The Book of Country Music Wisdom, ed....

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Bernice Johnson Reagon: There is nowhere...

Bernice Johnson Reagon: There is nowhere...

There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up.

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Bernice Johnson Reagon: Life's challenges are...

Bernice Johnson Reagon: Life's challenges are...

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you...

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Jerry Garcia: Constantly choosing the...

Jerry Garcia: Constantly choosing the...

Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.

Source: In...

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Clifton Fadiman: The adjective is...

Clifton Fadiman: The adjective is...

The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.

Source: In Reader's...

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Clifton Fadiman: Insomnia is a...

Clifton Fadiman: Insomnia is a...

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not...

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Clifton Fadiman: We prefer to...

Clifton Fadiman: We prefer to...

We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be...

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Clifton Fadiman: To divide one's...

Clifton Fadiman: To divide one's...

To divide one's life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by our own arithmetic. The calendar consents to...

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Herman J Mankiewicz: You know it's...

Herman J Mankiewicz: You know it's...

You know it's hard to hear what a bearded man is saying. He can't speak above a whisker.

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Joan Didion: Writers are always...

Joan Didion: Writers are always...

Writers are always selling somebody out.

Source: Slouching Towards Bethlehem,...

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Billie Holiday: Sometimes it's worse...

Billie Holiday: Sometimes it's worse...

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Marie Lloyd: A little of...

Marie Lloyd: A little of...

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Source: Song title
-- Marie Lloyd,...

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Marian Anderson: Sometimes you're overwhelmed...

Marian Anderson: Sometimes you're overwhelmed...

Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment....

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Frank Sinatra: If I had...

Frank Sinatra: If I had...

If I had done everything I'm credited with, I'd be speaking to you from a laboratory jar at...

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Shirley Booth: Life's never quite...

Shirley Booth: Life's never quite...

Life's never quite interesting enough, somehow. You people who come to the movies know that. [in The...

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Shirley Booth: I much prefer...

Shirley Booth: I much prefer...

I much prefer being a man. Women have to spend so much time pulling themselves together, and their shoes kill your...

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Shirley Booth: There is an...

Shirley Booth: There is an...

There is an audience for every play; it's just that sometimes it can't wait long enough to find...

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Claudette Colbert: It matters more...

Claudette Colbert: It matters more...

It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.

Source: In The Last...

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Hermione Gingold: Fighting is essentially...

Hermione Gingold: Fighting is essentially...

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.

Source:...

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