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Fred Astaire: Old age is...

Fred Astaire: Old age is...

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

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Fred Astaire: Disco is just...

Fred Astaire: Disco is just...

Disco is just jitterbug.

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

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Alfred Hitchcock: Dialogue should simply...

Alfred Hitchcock: Dialogue should simply...

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes...

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John Sean O'Feeny Ford: It is easier...

John Sean O'Feeny Ford: It is easier...

It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor.

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Paul McCartney: I used to...

Paul McCartney: I used to...

I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing anything weird...

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Louis Armstrong: What we play...

Louis Armstrong: What we play...

What we play is life.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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Alice Childress: Child, when hard...

Alice Childress: Child, when hard...

Child, when hard luck fall it just keep fallin'.

Source: Oldtimer in Wine in the...

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Samuel Goldwyn: That is the...

Samuel Goldwyn: That is the...

That is the kind of ad I like. Facts, facts, facts.

Source: Quoted in: Arthur...

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Clifton Fadiman: I think we...

Clifton Fadiman: I think we...

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or...

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Patti Smith: Rock n' roll...

Patti Smith: Rock n' roll...

Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by...

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Marian Anderson: Prejudice is like...

Marian Anderson: Prejudice is like...

Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep...

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Sophie Tucker: Keep breathing....

Sophie Tucker: Keep breathing....

Keep breathing.

Source: Her reply, at the age of 80, when asked the secret of her...

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Janis Joplin: Don't compromise yourself....

Janis Joplin: Don't compromise yourself....

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Source: In Reader's Digest,...

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James Brown: Don't terrorize. Organize....

James Brown: Don't terrorize. Organize....

Don't terrorize. Organize. Don't burn. Give kids a chance to learn . . . The real answer to race problems in this...

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Tennessee Ernie Ford: Looking back on...

Tennessee Ernie Ford: Looking back on...

Looking back on it, I wouldn't change a thing.

Source: In The Book of Country Music...

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Dean Martin: I'd hate to...

Dean Martin: I'd hate to...

I'd hate to be a teetotaller. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going to feel...

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Rosalind Russell: Taking joy in...

Rosalind Russell: Taking joy in...

Taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Virginia Graham: When some people...

Virginia Graham: When some people...

When some people retire, it's going to be mighty hard to be able to tell the difference.

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Camille Paglia: Our major universities...

Camille Paglia: Our major universities...

Our major universities are now stuck with an army of pedestrian, toadying careerists, Fifties types who wave around...

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Yoko Ono: Maybe we were...

Yoko Ono: Maybe we were...

Maybe we were naive, but still we were very honest about everything we did.

Source:...

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