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Ethel Barrymore: I never let...

Ethel Barrymore: I never let...

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

Source: On control of audiences during...

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Katharine Hepburn: My greatest strength...

Katharine Hepburn: My greatest strength...

My greatest strength is . . . common sense. I'm really a standard brand -- like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I've been called...

Tallulah Bankhead: I've been called...

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

Source: Tallulah, ch. 15,...

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Lauren Bacall: When a woman...

Lauren Bacall: When a woman...

When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It doesn't...

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Cornelia Otis Skinner: I can't see...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: I can't see...

I can't see how any woman can find time to do to herself all the things that must apparently be done to make herself...

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Whoopi Goldberg: I'm fighting the...

Whoopi Goldberg: I'm fighting the...

I'm fighting the label of Black actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are...

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Phylicia Rashad: There's always something...

Phylicia Rashad: There's always something...

There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on...

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Kevin Costner: I dream of...

Kevin Costner: I dream of...

I dream of big things. I work for the small things. If you're going to dream, you might as well dream big. A lot of...

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Leonardo DiCaprio: If you can...

Leonardo DiCaprio: If you can...

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most...

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George Lucas: I wanted to...

George Lucas: I wanted to...

I wanted to make a kids' film that would strengthen contemporary mythology.

Source:...

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Stanley Kubrick: You sit at...

Stanley Kubrick: You sit at...

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what...

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David Cronenberg: You have to...

David Cronenberg: You have to...

You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. I don't think there's...

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Spike Lee: Critics like to...

Spike Lee: Critics like to...

Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up...

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Billy Wilder: France is a...

Billy Wilder: France is a...

France is a country where the money falls apart in your hands and you can't tear the toilet...

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Billy Wilder: An actor entering...

Billy Wilder: An actor entering...

An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a...

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Derek Jarman: One of the...

Derek Jarman: One of the...

One of the joys our technological civilisation has lost is the excitement with which seasonal flowers and fruits were...

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Derek Jarman: I'm not afraid...

Derek Jarman: I'm not afraid...

I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying. Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism...

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Judy Collins: I think people...

Judy Collins: I think people...

I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts, but you must...

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Joan Baez: You don't get...

Joan Baez: You don't get...

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live....

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Miles Davis: I never thought...

Miles Davis: I never thought...

I never thought that the music called jazz was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum...

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