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Gracie Allen: When my mother...

Gracie Allen: When my mother...

When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.

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Jean-Luc Godard: Photography is truth....

Jean-Luc Godard: Photography is truth....

Photography is truth. And cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.

Source: Le...

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Liv Ullmann: Hollywood is loneliness...

Liv Ullmann: Hollywood is loneliness...

Hollywood is loneliness beside the swimming pool.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Sarah Siddons: I pant for...

Sarah Siddons: I pant for...

I pant for retirement and leisure, but am doomed to inexpressible and almost unsupportable...

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Camille Paglia: Every man must...

Camille Paglia: Every man must...

Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed...

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Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

[The musicians] that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all...

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Alberta Hunter: I'm not living...

Alberta Hunter: I'm not living...

I'm not living the blues; I'm just singing for the women who think they can't speak out. Can't a man alive mistreat...

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Ma Rainey: If you don't...

Ma Rainey: If you don't...

If you don't like my ocean don't fish in my sea
Stay out of my valley and let my mountain...

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Jerry Stiller: My father and...

Jerry Stiller: My father and...

My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their...

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Sammy Davis, Jr: I've done some...

Sammy Davis, Jr: I've done some...

I've done some things I wish I could erase. . . . I invented mistakes. But the mistakes must be seen in context, and...

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Ellen Terry: No amount of...

Ellen Terry: No amount of...

No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth.

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Ethel Barrymore: There is as...

Ethel Barrymore: There is as...

There is as much difference between the stage and the film as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I have three...

Tallulah Bankhead: I have three...

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I...

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Lily Tomlin: Sometimes I worry...

Lily Tomlin: Sometimes I worry...

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

Source: In Webster's...

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Gilda Radner: It's such an...

Gilda Radner: It's such an...

It's such an act of optimism to get through a day and enjoy it and laugh and do all that without thinking about death....

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Goldie Hawn: I've finally stopped...

Goldie Hawn: I've finally stopped...

I've finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be.

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Bette Davis: Without wonder and...

Bette Davis: Without wonder and...

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

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Bette Davis: Never, never trust...

Bette Davis: Never, never trust...

Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.

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Ruth Gordon: If you believe,...

Ruth Gordon: If you believe,...

If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you've got imagination, you don't need stuff thrown out on...

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Jeanne Moreau: Success is like...

Jeanne Moreau: Success is like...

Success is like a liberation or the first phrase of a love story . . . .

Source: In...

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