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"It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true."

"It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true."

Sophia Loren, Italian Actress

29

"I don't like the term mid-life crisis."

"I don't like the term mid-life crisis."

Pamela Stephenson, Australian Actress

29

"I grew up in a very open-minded family. My father died when I was very little, so my mother was really, really incredibly busy trying to provide for us."

"I grew up in a very open-minded family. My father died when I was very little, so my mother was really, really incredibly busy trying to provide for us."

Sonia Braga, Brazilian Actress

Family, Mother, Father, Open

29

"My mother was very agnostic. She would never set foot in the synagogue, she couldn't be doing with it."

"My mother was very agnostic. She would never set foot in the synagogue, she couldn't be doing with it."

Janet Suzman, South African Actress

29

"I can tell you where my Tonys are. They're in a beautiful place in my living room, in a glass cabinet."

"I can tell you where my Tonys are. They're in a beautiful place in my living room, in a glass cabinet."

Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican Actress

29

"I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience."

"I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

Experience, Being, Career, Laws

29

"Theatre is immediate gratification."

"Theatre is immediate gratification."

Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican Actress

29

"I have no doubt I was someone very interesting in a past life."

"I have no doubt I was someone very interesting in a past life."

Patricia Velasquez, Venezuelan Actress

Life, Doubt, Past

29

"Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion."

"Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion."

Brooke Shields, American Actress

People, Control, Abortion, Birth control

29

"It takes one person to give you a big chance."

"It takes one person to give you a big chance."

Patricia Velasquez, Venezuelan Actress

29

"I think if I could have a boyfriend like my brothers I'd be really happy. But without the brother thing."

"I think if I could have a boyfriend like my brothers I'd be really happy. But without the brother thing."

Patricia Velasquez, Venezuelan Actress

Brother, Boyfriend, Brothers

29

"We were taking collections for people with AIDS in New York around Easter."

"We were taking collections for people with AIDS in New York around Easter."

Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican Actress

28

"I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in."

"I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in."

Amanda Burton, Irish Actress

28

"There's a new science out called orthomolecular medicine. You correct the chemical imbalance with amino acids and vitamins and minerals that are naturally in the body."

"There's a new science out called orthomolecular medicine. You correct the chemical imbalance with amino acids and vitamins and minerals that are naturally in the body."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

Science, Body, Medicine

28

"The most important thing for a good marriage is to learn how to argue peaceably."

"The most important thing for a good marriage is to learn how to argue peaceably."

Anita Ekberg, Swedish Actress

28

"Every time you play a bad girl or guy in a movie, you really come from a place of pain."

"Every time you play a bad girl or guy in a movie, you really come from a place of pain."

Patricia Velasquez, Venezuelan Actress

Time, Pain, Play

28

"I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the "dahling" thing got started?"

"I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the "dahling" thing got started?"

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian Actress

28

"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there."

"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

28

"Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic."

"Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic."

Kim Cattrall, English Actress

28

"The curtains would open and it would be just her standing in some ludicrous pose, like Aphrodite."

"The curtains would open and it would be just her standing in some ludicrous pose, like Aphrodite."

Lesley-Anne Down, British Actress

28

"Then there's the story of ill-fated love. It's universal."

"Then there's the story of ill-fated love. It's universal."

Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican Actress

28

"I want to do feature films. I am flying to Malaysia to be in another feature film. We will be filming that in Malaysia, the Phillipines, and back in California."

"I want to do feature films. I am flying to Malaysia to be in another feature film. We will be filming that in Malaysia, the Phillipines, and back in California."

Thuy Trang, Vietnamese Actress

Film, Flying, Want, Will

28

"I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting."

"I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting."

Patricia Velasquez, Venezuelan Actress

28

"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others."

"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

28

"After the crash happened, I was so humiliated and embarrassed. I thought of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, that they must hate me."

"After the crash happened, I was so humiliated and embarrassed. I thought of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, that they must hate me."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

Thought, Hate, Mothers

28

"I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was."

"I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Blame, Guilt, Husbands, Unhappiness

27

"I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools."

"I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools."

Sally Kirkland, American Actress

Education, Alliance, Schools

27

"Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important."

"Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important."

Mae West, American Actress

Censorship, Dignity, Now, Right

27

"After about 15 minutes, you feel that you're winning them over."

"After about 15 minutes, you feel that you're winning them over."

Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican Actress

27

"It's so hard to keep everything balanced in life."

"It's so hard to keep everything balanced in life."

Rosanna Arquette, American Actress

27

"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."

"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."

Mae West, American Actress

27

"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others."

"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

End, First, Help

27

"If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by."

"If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by."

Julia Roberts, American Actress

27

"Yippee! I can't believe I made it. It feels like a long haul to get here. I'm so fine with it. People want you to have some sort of breakdown, but I'm relieved to be 40 years old, and I've lived a life."

"Yippee! I can't believe I made it. It feels like a long haul to get here. I'm so fine with it. People want you to have some sort of breakdown, but I'm relieved to be 40 years old, and I've lived a life."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

Life, People, Old, Want

26

"You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life."

"You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life."

Greta Garbo, Swedish Actress

26

"You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do."

"You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

Anger, Forgiveness, Children, Help

26

"Now that we have a democracy and you can go back and the airport air is not laden with evil any more, you can actually breathe oxygen when you land in Johannesburg."

"Now that we have a democracy and you can go back and the airport air is not laden with evil any more, you can actually breathe oxygen when you land in Johannesburg."

Janet Suzman, South African Actress

Democracy, Evil, Land, Now

26

"I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something."

"I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something."

Famke Janssen, Dutch Actress

Movies, Money, Reason

26

"There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain."

"There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

Sex, Apples, Rain, Sex appeal

26

"I was terrified. My first week, walking around in a teeny bikini, I kept crossing my arms over my chest because I was afraid I was going to fall out of the top of the suit. And I didn't know anything about technique or lighting."

"I was terrified. My first week, walking around in a teeny bikini, I kept crossing my arms over my chest because I was afraid I was going to fall out of the top of the suit. And I didn't know anything about technique or lighting."

Mary Crosby, American Actress

26

"When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood."

"When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood."

Glenn Close, American Actress

Audience, Audiences, Behavior, Blood

26

"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years."

"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years."

Simone Signoret, German Actress

Marriage, People, Years

26

"I had a career for 25 years in Australia before I ever came to the United States."

"I had a career for 25 years in Australia before I ever came to the United States."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

Career, states, United, Years

26

"The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance."

"The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance."

Sylvia Kristel, Dutch Actress

Elegance, Innocence, Serenity, Trying

25

"Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first."

"Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first."

Pearl Bailey, American Actress

25

"The reason there weren't any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didn't have the money to take those kind of classes."

"The reason there weren't any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didn't have the money to take those kind of classes."

Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican Actress

Money, Kids, Reason

25

"Without security it is difficult for a woman to look or feel beautiful."

"Without security it is difficult for a woman to look or feel beautiful."

Merle Oberon, American Actress

Security, Woman

25

"My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days."

"My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days."

Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican Actress

25

"There was a time when I used to live in Spain that it went really crazy with drugs and stuff like that."

"There was a time when I used to live in Spain that it went really crazy with drugs and stuff like that."

Patricia Velasquez, Venezuelan Actress

Time, Drugs, Spain

25

"When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film."

"When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film."

Sanaa Lathan, American Actress

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