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Marlene Dietrich: Courage and grace...

Marlene Dietrich: Courage and grace...

Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.

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Alberta Hunter: I'm having a...

Alberta Hunter: I'm having a...

I'm having a good time,
Please don't blame me,
I'm knocking myself out
Don't try to tame me
Let me have my...

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Ma Rainey: My audience wants...

Ma Rainey: My audience wants...

My audience wants to see me beautifully gowned, and I have spared no expense or pains . . . For I feel that the best...

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B B King: The beautiful thing...

B B King: The beautiful thing...

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

Source: In...

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Milton Berle: If opportunity doesn't...

Milton Berle: If opportunity doesn't...

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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George Carlin: We're having something...

George Carlin: We're having something...

We're having something a little different this year for Thanksgiving. Instead of a turkey, we're having a swan. You...

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George Carlin: I went straight...

George Carlin: I went straight...

I went straight from shenanigans to crimes against humanity.

Source: In The...

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Joan Rivers: I felt comedy...

Joan Rivers: I felt comedy...

I felt comedy ego beginning to grow, which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for...

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Fred Allen: An actor's popularity...

Fred Allen: An actor's popularity...

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas...

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Ethel Barrymore: That's all there...

Ethel Barrymore: That's all there...

That's all there is, there isn't any more.

Source: Curtain call, 1904.
-- Ethel...

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Marilyn Monroe: I have too...

Marilyn Monroe: I have too...

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife . . . . I guess I am a fantasy.

Source:...

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Lauren Bacall: I used to...

Lauren Bacall: I used to...

I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically...

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Sarah Bernhardt: Life begets life....

Sarah Bernhardt: Life begets life....

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

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Brigitte Bardot: I leave before...

Brigitte Bardot: I leave before...

I leave before being left. I decide.

Source: In Newsweek, 5 Mar 1973.
--...

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Maria Schell: I love the...

Maria Schell: I love the...

I love the United States, but I see here everything is measured by success, by how much money it makes, not the...

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George Lucas: If you can...

George Lucas: If you can...

If you can tune into the fantasy life of an 11-year-old girl, you can make a fortune in this [film]...

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Sacha Guitry: When a man...

Sacha Guitry: When a man...

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.

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Robert Orben: I should warn...

Robert Orben: I should warn...

I should warn you that underneath these clothes I'm wearing boxer shorts and I know how to use...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I am as...

Tallulah Bankhead: I am as...

I am as pure as the driven slush.

Source:
-- Tallulah Bankhead, (Jan 31...

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Ingrid Bergman: No form of...

Ingrid Bergman: No form of...

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight of...

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