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Billie Holiday: I can't stand...

Billie Holiday: I can't stand...

I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you...

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Sophie Tucker: Success in show...

Sophie Tucker: Success in show...

Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends.

Source:...

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Ruth Etting: It pays to...

Ruth Etting: It pays to...

It pays to advertise
That's what they say,
and so I'll advertise my heart.


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Frank Sinatra: And now the...

Frank Sinatra: And now the...

And now the end is near
And so I face the final curtain,
I'll state my case of which I'm certain.
I've lived...

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Danny Kaye: Life is a...

Danny Kaye: Life is a...

Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.

Source: In The...

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W C Fields: I once spent...

W C Fields: I once spent...

I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.

Source: In The...

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Orson Welles: The director is...

Orson Welles: The director is...

The director is simply the audience. . . . His job is to preside over accidents.

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Burt Reynolds: I can sing...

Burt Reynolds: I can sing...

I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Burt Reynolds: The best way...

Burt Reynolds: The best way...

The best way not to fail again is to be absolutely positive that when you do it this time, you're going to do it...

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Sammy Davis, Jr: The ultimate mystery...

Sammy Davis, Jr: The ultimate mystery...

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

Source: In The Book of Quotes, by Barbara...

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Anita Roddick: I am still...

Anita Roddick: I am still...

I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses, made money because they...

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Milton Friedman: The greatest advances...

Milton Friedman: The greatest advances...

The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or...

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Walter Bagehot: One of the...

Walter Bagehot: One of the...

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

Source: In...

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John Stuart Mill: That so few...

John Stuart Mill: That so few...

That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.

Source: On...

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Charles E Wilson: No plan can...

Charles E Wilson: No plan can...

No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time - but a good plan...

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Andrew Carnegie: No man will...

Andrew Carnegie: No man will...

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing...

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Chauncey Depew: The enjoyment of...

Chauncey Depew: The enjoyment of...

The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing...

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David Sarnoff: The human brain...

David Sarnoff: The human brain...

The human brain must continue to frame the problems for the electronic machine to solve.

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Polly Adler: I am one...

Polly Adler: I am one...

I am one of those people who just can't help getting a kick out of life -- event when it's a kick in the...

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Sydney Biddle Barrows: I was naughty....

Sydney Biddle Barrows: I was naughty....

I was naughty. I wasn't bad. Bad is hurting people, doing evil. Naughty is not hurting anyone. Naughty is being...

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