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Sandra Bernhard: Madonna's got one...

Sandra Bernhard: Madonna's got one...

Madonna's got one big choice. Take a couple of years off and become a human being.

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Whoopi Goldberg: I am an...

Whoopi Goldberg: I am an...

I am an artist, art has no color and no sex.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Lily Tomlin: Just remember, we're...

Lily Tomlin: Just remember, we're...

Just remember, we're all in this alone.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Carol Burnett: Adolescence is just...

Carol Burnett: Adolescence is just...

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

Source: Phil Donahue show NBC TV 16 Oct...

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Shirley Temple Black: Make-believe colors the...

Shirley Temple Black: Make-believe colors the...

Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways in science, in...

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Phylicia Rashad: [Meditation] is the...

Phylicia Rashad: [Meditation] is the...

[Meditation] is the power that leads you to your own truth. Everybody needs to be free. The main thing meditation...

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Oliver Stone: When you look...

Oliver Stone: When you look...

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

Source: Oliver...

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Joan Baez: Instead of getting...

Joan Baez: Instead of getting...

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualities to men -- bring...

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Mahalia Jackson: Someday the sun...

Mahalia Jackson: Someday the sun...

Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place.

Source: In...

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Sonny Rollins: How ironic that...

Sonny Rollins: How ironic that...

How ironic that the Negro, who more than any other people can claim America's culture as his own, is being persecuted...

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Sonny Rollins: I simply want...

Sonny Rollins: I simply want...

I simply want to reach a level where I will never cease to make progress. . . . So that, even the bad evenings, I may...

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Miles Davis: I'm always thinking...

Miles Davis: I'm always thinking...

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning . . . Every day I find something...

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Miles Davis: I'll play it...

Miles Davis: I'll play it...

I'll play it first and tell you what it is later.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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John Coltrane: There are so...

John Coltrane: There are so...

There are so many things to be considered in making music. The whole question of life itself . . . I know that I want...

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Hedda Hopper: Nobody's interested in...

Hedda Hopper: Nobody's interested in...

Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury...

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Bill Cosby: The past is...

Bill Cosby: The past is...

The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.

Source: Time...

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Margaret Cho: Love is the...

Margaret Cho: Love is the...

Love is the big booming beat which covers up the noise of hate.

Source: In...

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Joan Rivers: God always comes...

Joan Rivers: God always comes...

God always comes up with a third act twist -- and we won't know until we die whether the play was a comedy or a...

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Gracie Allen: When I was...

Gracie Allen: When I was...

When I was born I was so surprised that I didn't talk for a year and a half.

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Lucille Ball: I regret the...

Lucille Ball: I regret the...

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no...

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