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    Katharine Hepburn
    “If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun.”
    ― Katharine Hepburn
    tags: katharine-hepburn
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    Tallulah Bankhead
    “I'm as pure as the driven slush.”
    ― Tallulah Bankhead
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    Tallulah Bankhead
    “It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.”
    ― Tallulah Bankhead
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    Judy Garland
    “Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.”
    ― Judy Garland
    tags: be-yourself, greatness, individuality
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    Judy Garland
    “In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.”
    ― Judy Garland
    tags: depression, loneliness, love, want, wanting
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    Judy Garland
    “How strange when an illusion dies. It's as though you've lost a child.”
    ― Judy Garland
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    Audrey Hepburn
    “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!”
    ― Audrey Hepburn
    tags: attributed-no-source, inspirational
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    Katharine Hepburn
    “I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him.”
    ― Katherine Hepburn
    tags: parenting
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    Katharine Hepburn
    “If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.”
    ― Katherine Hepburn
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    David Leddick
    “There is nothing wrong with being gay. It's like being Swedish. A little different but in no way important.”
    ― David Leddick, How to Be Gay in the 21st Century: There's Nothing Wrong With Being Gay but Alot of People Do It Wrong
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    David Leddick
    “If you must have a female role model, may I recommend Katherine Hepburn or Angelina Jolie: lots of pants, lots of attitude, no jewelry.”
    ― David Leddick, How to Be Gay in the 21st Century: There's Nothing Wrong With Being Gay but Alot of People Do It Wrong
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    Groucho Marx
    “I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.”
    ― Groucho Marx
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    Groucho Marx
    “I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.”
    ― Groucho Marx
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    Groucho Marx
    “He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: gibe, insult
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    Groucho Marx
    “Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: marriage, romance, sex
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    Groucho Marx
    “I have nothing but respect for you -- and not much of that.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: absurd, gibe, insult
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    Phyllis Diller
    “Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.”
    ― Phyllis Diller
    tags: anger, funny, sleep
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    Phyllis Diller
    “I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.”
    ― Phyllis Diller
    tags: humor, parenting
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    Phyllis Diller
    “My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual.”
    ― Phyllis Diller
    tags: philosophy-of-life
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    Phyllis Diller
    “Money's scarce
    Times are hard
    Here's your fucking
    Xmas card”
    ― Phyllis Diller
    tags: christmas, humour
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    Ava Gardner
    “When I’m old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in.”
    ― Ava Gardner
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    Ava Gardner
    “Go fuck yourself," I replied, always the lady. "I'm staying here.”
    ― Ava Gardner, Ava: My Story
    tags: ava-gardner, fighting, frank-sinatra, humor
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    Ava Gardner
    “I want to remember it all, the good times and the bad times, the late nights, the boozing, the dancing into dawns, and all the great and not-so-great people I met and loved in those years…”
    ― Ava Gardner
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    Ava Gardner
    “When he fell down the stairs, he told people he'd had a stroke. He was just pissed out of his skull. I love Dirk, he is such a drama queen.”
    ― Ava Gardner, Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations
    tags: affection, ava-gardner, dirk-bogarde
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    Amy Sedaris
    “I think it's good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are and to figure out why they are always alone.”
    ― Amy Sedaris, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
    tags: alone, being-alone, self-knowledge
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    Amy Sedaris
    “Accentuaute the positives - medicate the negatives.”
    ― Amy Sedaris, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
    tags: humour, paraphrased
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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    If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use
    “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: books, reading
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
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  • #32
    Bette Davis
    “When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.”
    ― Bette Davis
    tags: clichés, double-standards, empowerment, feminism, gender, hypocrisy, misogyny, opinions, speaking-out, stereotypes, women
    6180 likes



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