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Lauren Bacall: Generally women are...

Lauren Bacall: Generally women are...

Generally women are better than men -- they have more character. I prefer men for some things, obviously, but women...

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Lily Tomlin: I always wondered...

Lily Tomlin: I always wondered...

I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was...

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Carol Burnett: Only I can...

Carol Burnett: Only I can...

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Carol Burnett: I don't have...

Carol Burnett: I don't have...

I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?

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Shirley MacLaine: I've made so...

Shirley MacLaine: I've made so...

I've made so many movies playing a hooker that they don't pay me in the regular way any more. They leave it on the...

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Robert Mitchum: I kept the...

Robert Mitchum: I kept the...

I kept the same suit for six years and the same dialogue. They just changed the title of the picture and the leading...

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Kevin Costner: Failure doesn't kill...

Kevin Costner: Failure doesn't kill...

Failure doesn't kill you. . . it increases your desire to make something happen.

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Catherine Deneuve: Being an actor...

Catherine Deneuve: Being an actor...

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself...

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Robert Bresson: Cinema, radio, television,...

Robert Bresson: Cinema, radio, television,...

Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without...

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Billy Wilder: France is a...

Billy Wilder: France is a...

France is a country where the money falls apart in your hands and you can't tear the toilet...

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Judy Collins: I've gone through...

Judy Collins: I've gone through...

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get...

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Judy Collins: Do what you...

Judy Collins: Do what you...

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

Source:...

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Joan Baez: You don't get...

Joan Baez: You don't get...

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live....

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Joan Baez: I've never had...

Joan Baez: I've never had...

I've never had a humble opinion in my life. If you're going to have one, why bother to be humble about...

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Joan Baez: Seeing you sleeping...

Joan Baez: Seeing you sleeping...

Seeing you sleeping peacefully on your back among your stuffed ducks, bears and basset hounds, would remind me that no...

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Jane Wagner: Our ability to...

Jane Wagner: Our ability to...

Our ability to delude ourselves may be an important survival tool.

Source: From an...

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Robert Orben: A compliment is...

Robert Orben: A compliment is...

A compliment is verbal sunshine.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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John Coltrane: I never even...

John Coltrane: I never even...

I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing . . . the emotional reaction is all that...

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Betty Carter: This is our...

Betty Carter: This is our...

This is our culture, and I don't care who the musician is, if he avoids black people, then he is scared of something....

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Jelly Roll Morton: My contributions were...

Jelly Roll Morton: My contributions were...

My contributions were many: First clown director, with witty sayings and flashily dressed, now called master of...

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