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Ingrid Bergman: I've never sought...

Ingrid Bergman: I've never sought...

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in...

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Ava Gardner: Everybody kisses everybody...

Ava Gardner: Everybody kisses everybody...

Everybody kisses everybody else in this crummy business all the time. It's the kissiest business in the...

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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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Patricia Neal: [Hollywood] always sounds...

Patricia Neal: [Hollywood] always sounds...

[Hollywood] always sounds glamorous when you're young.

Source: In TIme, 20 Mar...

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Deborah Kerr: [Autobiographies] are all...

Deborah Kerr: [Autobiographies] are all...

[Autobiographies] are all the same -- it's always rags-to-riches or I-slept-with-so-and-so. Damned if I'm going to say...

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Michelle Pfeiffer: I'm a perfectionist,...

Michelle Pfeiffer: I'm a perfectionist,...

I'm a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad -- and other people, too. At the same time, I think that's one of the...

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Kirstie Alley: I don't think...

Kirstie Alley: I don't think...

I don't think that [children are] any more resilent than anyone else. They're just people with little...

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Will Rogers: Nothing makes a...

Will Rogers: Nothing makes a...

Nothing makes a man or body of men as mad as the truth. If there is no truth in it they laugh it...

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Will Rogers: While the Republicans...

Will Rogers: While the Republicans...

While the Republicans are smart enough to make money, the Democrats are smart enough to get into office every two or...

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Will Rogers: When everybody has...

Will Rogers: When everybody has...

When everybody has got money they cut taxes, and when they're broke they raise 'em. That's statesmanship of the...

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Sammy Davis, Jr: Being a star...

Sammy Davis, Jr: Being a star...

Being a star made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get...

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Lenny Bruce: All my humor...

Lenny Bruce: All my humor...

All my humor is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence,...

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Dennis Miller: Human beings are...

Dennis Miller: Human beings are...

Human beings are human beings. They say what they want, don't they? They used to say it across the fence while they...

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Gracie Allen: I read a...

Gracie Allen: I read a...

I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start...

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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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Lucille Ball: One of the...

Lucille Ball: One of the...

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism...

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Clifton Fadiman: One's first book,...

Clifton Fadiman: One's first book,...

One's first book, kiss, home run is always the best.

Source: In Webster's...

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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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Drew Barrymore: God made a...

Drew Barrymore: God made a...

God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My limbs...

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Robert Orben: A graduation ceremony...

Robert Orben: A graduation ceremony...

A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps...

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