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Jackie Mason: It is more...

Jackie Mason: It is more...

It is more profitable for your Congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life.

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Bill Monroe: Practice every time...

Bill Monroe: Practice every time...

Practice every time you get a chance.

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

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Samuel Goldwyn: I think luck...

Samuel Goldwyn: I think luck...

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. The man who can smile...

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Samuel Goldwyn: I was always...

Samuel Goldwyn: I was always...

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.

Source: In Webster's...

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Aretha Franklin: My heart is...

Aretha Franklin: My heart is...

My heart is still there in gospel music. It never left . . . I'm gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot...

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Billie Holiday: You can't copy...

Billie Holiday: You can't copy...

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two...

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Miriam Makeba: Africa has her...

Miriam Makeba: Africa has her...

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects...

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Karen Carpenter: I remember thinking...

Karen Carpenter: I remember thinking...

I remember thinking back then, 'Oh God, if we don't get a hit by the time I'm 20 I have to kill myself!' Well, we JUST...

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Marian Anderson: When I sing,...

Marian Anderson: When I sing,...

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black; I don't want them to see that my face is white -- I want...

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George Burns: I smoke 10...

George Burns: I smoke 10...

I smoke 10 to 15 cigars a day, at my age I have to hold on to something.

Source:...

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George Burns: With the collapse...

George Burns: With the collapse...

With the collapse of vaudeville new talent has no place to stink.

Source: In...

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Joan Rivers: I hate housework!...

Joan Rivers: I hate housework!...

I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes --and six months later you have to start all over...

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Joan Rivers: Diets, like clothes,...

Joan Rivers: Diets, like clothes,...

Diets, like clothes, should be tailored to you.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Minnie Pearl: Once you've gotten...

Minnie Pearl: Once you've gotten...

Once you've gotten used to performing, you can't give it up.

Source: In The Book of...

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Alfred Hitchcock: This paperback is...

Alfred Hitchcock: This paperback is...

This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book -- it makes a very poor...

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Leonardo DiCaprio: If you can...

Leonardo DiCaprio: If you can...

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most...

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Drew Barrymore: There's something liberating...

Drew Barrymore: There's something liberating...

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

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Oliver Stone: [T]here's something about...

Oliver Stone: [T]here's something about...

[T]here's something about movies that always amazes me, their transcendence of time. You can in one second, in one...

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Robert Orben: I understand the...

Robert Orben: I understand the...

I understand the big food companies are developing a tearless onion. I think they can do it -- after all, they've...

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Max Roach: What jazz means...

Max Roach: What jazz means...

What jazz means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice . . . The term jazz has...

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