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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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Elizabeth Ashley: The truth is...

Elizabeth Ashley: The truth is...

The truth is that I am enslaved . . . . in one vast love affair with 70 children.

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Loretta Swit: M*A*S*H offered real...

Loretta Swit: M*A*S*H offered real...

M*A*S*H offered real characters and everybody identified with them because they had such soul. The humor was...

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Jacqueline Bisset: Success as a...

Jacqueline Bisset: Success as a...

Success as a woman has changed me. That's what I feel is the first thing. When I feel like a successful woman as a...

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Count Basie: It's the way...

Count Basie: It's the way...

It's the way you play that makes it . . . Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got it, if you're...

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Bernice Johnson Reagon: The voice I...

Bernice Johnson Reagon: The voice I...

The voice I have now, I got the first time I sang in a movement meeting, after I got out of jail . . . and I'd never...

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Herman J Mankiewicz: It's all right,...

Herman J Mankiewicz: It's all right,...

It's all right, Arthur. The white wine came up with the fish.

Source: After...

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Billie Holiday: You can't copy...

Billie Holiday: You can't copy...

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two...

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Karen Carpenter: We came out...

Karen Carpenter: We came out...

We came out right in the middle of the hard-rock period . . . it was hard-rock everywhere! But we were ready to make...

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James Brown: Sometimes you struggle...

James Brown: Sometimes you struggle...

Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual...

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Marian Anderson: When I sing,...

Marian Anderson: When I sing,...

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black; I don't want them to see that my face is white -- I want...

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Marguerite de Valois: A woman of...

Marguerite de Valois: A woman of...

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

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Ninon de Lenclos: We should take...

Ninon de Lenclos: We should take...

We should take care to lay in a stock of provisions, but not of pleasures: these should be gathered day by...

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Herbert Henry Asquith: Greatness is a...

Herbert Henry Asquith: Greatness is a...

Greatness is a zigzag streak of lightning in the brain.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Marty Robbins: Every day is...

Marty Robbins: Every day is...

Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun's shining or not.

Source: In...

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Marty Robbins: The great songs...

Marty Robbins: The great songs...

The great songs just come out. If it comes quick, just leave it that way.

Source:...

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John Lennon: Song writing is...

John Lennon: Song writing is...

Song writing is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song...

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