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Lucille Ball: I'm not funny....

Lucille Ball: I'm not funny....

I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

Source: Quoted by Bob Hope.
-- Lucille Ball,...

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Reba McEntire: . . ....

Reba McEntire: . . ....

. . . we got our lungs from Daddy, and we exercised them early and often during those years up in the hills gathering...

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Fred Astaire: Old age is...

Fred Astaire: Old age is...

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

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Fred Astaire: Dancing is a...

Fred Astaire: Dancing is a...

Dancing is a sweat job.

Source: Recalled on his death 22 Jun 87
-- Fred Astaire,...

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Alfred Hitchcock: Dialogue should simply...

Alfred Hitchcock: Dialogue should simply...

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes...

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Alfred Hitchcock: Self-plagiarism is style....

Alfred Hitchcock: Self-plagiarism is style....

Self-plagiarism is style.

Source: Defending repetition of his filming techniques,...

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Frank Capra: Automatic simply means...

Frank Capra: Automatic simply means...

Automatic simply means that you can't repair it yourself.

Source: In Webster's...

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John Sean O'Feeny Ford: When in doubt,...

John Sean O'Feeny Ford: When in doubt,...

When in doubt, make a western.

Source: In The Book of Quotes, by Barbara Rowes,...

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Anouk Aimee: The more the...

Anouk Aimee: The more the...

The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing can...

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Hermione Gingold: Really, sex and...

Hermione Gingold: Really, sex and...

Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered -- and I still do -- which is more...

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Ruby Dee: The greatest gift...

Ruby Dee: The greatest gift...

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

Source: With Ossie and Ruby:...

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Brigitte Bardot: Every age can...

Brigitte Bardot: Every age can...

Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

Source: In The Wit &...

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Mae West: Don't marry a...

Mae West: Don't marry a...

Don't marry a man to reform him that's what reform schools are for.

Source: In An...

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Katharine Hepburn: Show me an...

Katharine Hepburn: Show me an...

Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.

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Marilyn Monroe: It stirs up...

Marilyn Monroe: It stirs up...

It stirs up envy, fame does.

Source: In Common Fame: The Culture of Celebrity,...

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Tallulah Bankhead: Let's not quibble!...

Tallulah Bankhead: Let's not quibble!...

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose...

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Tallulah Bankhead: I have been...

Tallulah Bankhead: I have been...

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free...

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Carrie Fisher: I think of...

Carrie Fisher: I think of...

I think of my body as a side effect of my mind. Like a thought I had once that manifested itself-- Oops! Oh no!...

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Lily Tomlin: If love is...

Lily Tomlin: If love is...

If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?

Source: In Webster's...

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Lily Tomlin: Reality is nothing...

Lily Tomlin: Reality is nothing...

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Source: In Pearls of Wisdom, ed. J. Agel...

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