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Ruby Dee: The kind of...

Ruby Dee: The kind of...

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within -- strength, courage,...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: Conrad Hilton was...

Zsa Zsa Gabor: Conrad Hilton was...

Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5,000 Gideon...

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Mae West: It's hard to...

Mae West: It's hard to...

It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mae...

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Tallulah Bankhead: Here's a rule...

Tallulah Bankhead: Here's a rule...

Here's a rule I recommend. Never practice two vices at once.

Source: Tallulah....

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Tallulah Bankhead: It's one of...

Tallulah Bankhead: It's one of...

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work --the night...

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Cornelia Otis Skinner: I can't see...

Cornelia Otis Skinner: I can't see...

I can't see how any woman can find time to do to herself all the things that must apparently be done to make herself...

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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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Jane Sherwood Ace: Familiarity breeds attempt....

Jane Sherwood Ace: Familiarity breeds attempt....

Familiarity breeds attempt.

Source: Easy Aces Radio Show, 1928-1945; in The Fine...

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Carol Burnett: Are we having...

Carol Burnett: Are we having...

Are we having fun yet?

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection,...

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Shirley MacLaine: I am an...

Shirley MacLaine: I am an...

I am an expert in hookers. I'm an expert in doormats. I'm an expert in victims. They were the best parts. And when I...

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Shirley Temple Black: I stopped believing...

Shirley Temple Black: I stopped believing...

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for...

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Phylicia Rashad: What he showed...

Phylicia Rashad: What he showed...

What he showed me was not what I had to get, but what I already have. I am just myself, and who I am is a...

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Charlie Parker: Any musician who...

Charlie Parker: Any musician who...

Any musician who says he is playing better either on tea, the needle, or when he is juiced, is a plain straight liar ....

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Chet Atkins: A long apprenticeship...

Chet Atkins: A long apprenticeship...

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give...

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Louis Armstrong: I got a...

Louis Armstrong: I got a...

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you!

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Bill Monroe: Country music belongs...

Bill Monroe: Country music belongs...

Country music belongs to America.

Source: In The Book of Country Music Wisdom, ed....

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Hazel Scott: I've always known...

Hazel Scott: I've always known...

I've always known I was gifted, which is not the easiest thing in the world for a person to know, because you're not...

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Garson Kanin: The best part...

Garson Kanin: The best part...

The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed. . . . However, the...

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Clifton Fadiman: There are two...

Clifton Fadiman: There are two...

There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you...

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Herman J Mankiewicz: If people don't...

Herman J Mankiewicz: If people don't...

If people don't sit at Chaplin's feet, he goes out and stands where they are sitting.

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