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Count Basie: It's the way...

Count Basie: It's the way...

It's the way you play that makes it . . . Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got it, if you're...

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Walt Disney: You may not...

Walt Disney: You may not...

You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for...

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Eleanor Robson Belmont: A private railroad...

Eleanor Robson Belmont: A private railroad...

A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately.

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Ethel Barrymore: You must learn...

Ethel Barrymore: You must learn...

You must learn day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizons. The more things you love, the more you are...

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Marilyn Monroe: A career is...

Marilyn Monroe: A career is...

A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.

Source: Marilyn: The Woman Who...

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Tallulah Bankhead: If you really...

Tallulah Bankhead: If you really...

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an...

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Lauren Bacall: Looking at yourself...

Lauren Bacall: Looking at yourself...

Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life.

Source: In Daily...

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Ava Gardner: Everybody kisses everybody...

Ava Gardner: Everybody kisses everybody...

Everybody kisses everybody else in this crummy business all the time. It's the kissiest business in the...

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Glenda Jackson: My money goes...

Glenda Jackson: My money goes...

My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

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Maria Schell: If there were...

Maria Schell: If there were...

If there were one city I should pick to live in, it would be New York. It is a city where I walk down the street and...

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Loretta Swit: I just can't...

Loretta Swit: I just can't...

I just can't wait to get out there on stage. There's no anxiety at all. I love being able to take this journey with...

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Michelle Pfeiffer: When you're young...

Michelle Pfeiffer: When you're young...

When you're young and have a dream, it's pretty simplistic. You don't think about or have any way of knowing...

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Mrs Patrick Campbell: Wedlock - the...

Mrs Patrick Campbell: Wedlock - the...

Wedlock - the deep, deep peace of the double bed after the hurly-burly of the...

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Bernice Johnson Reagon: Today whenever women...

Bernice Johnson Reagon: Today whenever women...

Today whenever women gather together it is not necessarily nurturing. It is coalition building. And if you feel the...

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Aretha Franklin: If a song's...

Aretha Franklin: If a song's...

If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I...

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Frank Sinatra: If I had...

Frank Sinatra: If I had...

If I had done everything I'm credited with, I'd be speaking to you from a laboratory jar at...

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Bing Crosby: Honestly, I think...

Bing Crosby: Honestly, I think...

Honestly, I think I've stretched a talent which is so thick that it's almost opaque over a quite unbelievable term of...

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Robert Burton: A blow with...

Robert Burton: A blow with...

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

Source: 'The Anatomy of...

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Jean de LaBruyere: To make a...

Jean de LaBruyere: To make a...

To make a book is as much a trade as to make a clock; something more than intelligence is required to become an...

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Francis Bacon: Discern of the...

Francis Bacon: Discern of the...

Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things still; for age will not be...

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