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"Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House."

"Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Citizenship, Experts

64

"It's not fair the emphasis put on beauty, or on sexuality."

"It's not fair the emphasis put on beauty, or on sexuality."

Rosanna Arquette, American Actress

Beauty, Sexuality

64

"You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens."

"You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens."

Kirsten Dunst, American Actress

Love, Time, Life, People

64

"We were led to a pediatric ophthalmologist. It's a hard date for me, April 14, 1998. The doctor came back from the examining room and told us she had tumors in both eyes."

"We were led to a pediatric ophthalmologist. It's a hard date for me, April 14, 1998. The doctor came back from the examining room and told us she had tumors in both eyes."

Hunter Tylo, American Actress

64

"They're guys who want to screw around all the time, which interests me not at all. God knows we've done that, been there, and we don't want to do that any more."

"They're guys who want to screw around all the time, which interests me not at all. God knows we've done that, been there, and we don't want to do that any more."

Lauren Bacall, American Actress

God, Time, Want

64

"I love being physical and acting at the same time."

"I love being physical and acting at the same time."

Jennifer Garner, American Actress

Love, Time, Acting, Being

64

"Bite me, Goth princess, Shane called from the back. "Not literally or anything."Maybe you should say that to Michael."Not funny, Eve, Michael said.Eve raised her eyebrows and held her fingers up, measuring off about an inch. "Little bit, she said."

"Bite me, Goth princess, Shane called from the back. "Not literally or anything."Maybe you should say that to Michael."Not funny, Eve, Michael said.Eve raised her eyebrows and held her fingers up, measuring off about an inch. "Little bit, she said."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Humor, Conflict, Friendship, Playfulness

64

"I happen to have the benefit of having a son-in-law who was the former Mr. France and a trainer. I like being his benefactor and I like the way he works."

"I happen to have the benefit of having a son-in-law who was the former Mr. France and a trainer. I like being his benefactor and I like the way he works."

Suzanne Somers, American Actress

Son, Being, France

64

"I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far."

"I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far."

Mae West, American Actress

64

"I wanted to be a doctor when I was little, so I'm okay with blood and guts."

"I wanted to be a doctor when I was little, so I'm okay with blood and guts."

Jennifer Lawrence, American Actress

64

"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly."

"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly."

Julie Andrews, English Actress

People, Discipline, Order

64

"Most of the time I spent in America, I was having a love affair with some American or other. I was just passing through but stayed because of these chaps."

"Most of the time I spent in America, I was having a love affair with some American or other. I was just passing through but stayed because of these chaps."

Julie Christie, British Actress

Love, Time, America, American

64

"I'm just chatty. But I do express my opinion."

"I'm just chatty. But I do express my opinion."

Reese Witherspoon, American Actress

64

"Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture."

"Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture."

Helen Hayes, American Actress

64

"I think we are ready to know that there are going to be people who are ready to save the world, who come out when you're in trouble and make sure that you're okay."

"I think we are ready to know that there are going to be people who are ready to save the world, who come out when you're in trouble and make sure that you're okay."

Jennifer Love Hewitt, American Actress

People, Trouble, World

64

"Everyone is their own kind of lesbian. To think there's a certain way to dress or present yourself in the world is just one more stereotype we have to fit into."

"Everyone is their own kind of lesbian. To think there's a certain way to dress or present yourself in the world is just one more stereotype we have to fit into."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

Dress, Lesbian, Present, World

64

"When I was 14, I thought I was the coolest kid in school because I told everyone the jokes in FHM."

"When I was 14, I thought I was the coolest kid in school because I told everyone the jokes in FHM."

Megan Fox, American Actress

Thought, Jokes, School

64

"The word "lost" comes from the Old Norse "los," meaning the disbanding of an army, and this origin suggests soldiers falling out of formation to go home, a truce with the wide world. I worry now that many people never disband their armies, never go beyond what they know."

"The word "lost" comes from the Old Norse "los," meaning the disbanding of an army, and this origin suggests soldiers falling out of formation to go home, a truce with the wide world. I worry now that many people never disband their armies, never go beyond what they know."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Reflection, Freedom, Identity, History, Language

64

"What was a really private and nice relationship was judged and made to be something ugly."

"What was a really private and nice relationship was judged and made to be something ugly."

Marla Maples, American Actress

64

"I have very short hair. It's the only cute haircut I think I've ever had."

"I have very short hair. It's the only cute haircut I think I've ever had."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

64

"I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately."

"I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

64

"My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman."

"My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

Appearance, Being, Woman, Years

64

"I may be boring, but it would be to wake up by my dog and then my daughter."

"I may be boring, but it would be to wake up by my dog and then my daughter."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

64

"Isn't it amazing how celebrity status preempts even the most ingrained hatreds?"

"Isn't it amazing how celebrity status preempts even the most ingrained hatreds?"

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

64

"I would sign on for projects that were meant to shoot in July, and then they would postponed and they would bleed into the following semester, and then I'd take a semester off, and then the movie would collapse."

"I would sign on for projects that were meant to shoot in July, and then they would postponed and they would bleed into the following semester, and then I'd take a semester off, and then the movie would collapse."

Claire Danes, American Actress

64

"That goes against what I believe morally. That's adultery, and if I'm accused of that, no, that's not right. I have two kids who see that and remember that and judge me. It didn't happen, and it's not to be reported that way."

"That goes against what I believe morally. That's adultery, and if I'm accused of that, no, that's not right. I have two kids who see that and remember that and judge me. It didn't happen, and it's not to be reported that way."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

Adultery, Kids, Right

64

"I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair."

"I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

64

"I do love Italian food. Any kind of pasta or pizza. My new pig out food is Indian food. I eat Indian food like three times a week. It's so good."

"I do love Italian food. Any kind of pasta or pizza. My new pig out food is Indian food. I eat Indian food like three times a week. It's so good."

Jennifer Love Hewitt, American Actress

64

"Being Asian in this business is something you have to consider, because sometimes people aren't as open. They'll say, I can't see you with a Caucasian person."

"Being Asian in this business is something you have to consider, because sometimes people aren't as open. They'll say, I can't see you with a Caucasian person."

Lucy Liu, American Actress

Business, People, Being, Open

64

"I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few I can count my very good friends on one hand. And that's how I like it to be."

"I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few I can count my very good friends on one hand. And that's how I like it to be."

Calista Flockhart, American Actress

Friendship, Friends, Parents

64

"Beauty fades! I just turned 29, so I probably don't have that many good years left in me."

"Beauty fades! I just turned 29, so I probably don't have that many good years left in me."

Gwyneth Paltrow, American Actress

64

"I was a tomboy right from the time I was a kid and loved to be like that. I'd hate all the girlie things. Well my best friends as a kid have been boys. I get along best with the opposite sex. I guess that's the case with most people though!"

"I was a tomboy right from the time I was a kid and loved to be like that. I'd hate all the girlie things. Well my best friends as a kid have been boys. I get along best with the opposite sex. I guess that's the case with most people though!"

Natasha Henstridge, Canadian Actress

Time, Sex, People, Boys

64

"My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing."

"My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing."

Jessica Alba, American Actress

64

"Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children."

"Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

Decision, Children, World

64

"Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It's my hobby to go around to shops and markets."

"Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It's my hobby to go around to shops and markets."

Ursula Andress, Swiss Actress

64

"Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered - and I still do - which is more important."

"Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered - and I still do - which is more important."

Hermione Gingold, English Actress

64

"For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby."

"For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

Life, Time, Baby, First

64

"Myrnin said softly. "And how is it that you do not understand that HERE, in THIS place, this girl belongs to me, not to you?"

"Myrnin said softly. "And how is it that you do not understand that HERE, in THIS place, this girl belongs to me, not to you?"

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Possession, Love, Control, Conflict

64

"My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice."

"My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice."

Jane Horrocks, English Actress

64

"It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore."

"It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

64

"My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport."

"My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport."

Joan Chen, Chinese Actress

64

"You get kind of bored being in catalogues all the time."

"You get kind of bored being in catalogues all the time."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

64

"They ask questions like 'do you believe in aliens' and those types of things. They were really interested in aliens, and that was really something that the Japanese have an interest in, and they are also very big fans of romances."

"They ask questions like 'do you believe in aliens' and those types of things. They were really interested in aliens, and that was really something that the Japanese have an interest in, and they are also very big fans of romances."

Shiri Appleby, American Actress

Fans, Interest, Questions

64

"Honesty is very sexy."

"Honesty is very sexy."

Valerie Bertinelli, American Actress

64

"I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well."

"I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well."

Juliette Lewis, American Actress

64

"It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers."

"It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers."

Pam Grier, American Actress

64

"I am all right when I work. I am not superficial and I am not ungrateful."

"I am all right when I work. I am not superficial and I am not ungrateful."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

64

"If you want to say it with flowers, a single rose says: "I'm cheap!""

"If you want to say it with flowers, a single rose says: "I'm cheap!""

Delta Burke, American Actress

64

"You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right."

"You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right."

Linda Evans, American Actress

Success, Fame, Mind, Right

64

"Nobody thinks of themselves as sexy, really. Some days you go, 'Hey, I'm not going too bad today.' But if you try and be sexy, you'll never be sexy."

"Nobody thinks of themselves as sexy, really. Some days you go, 'Hey, I'm not going too bad today.' But if you try and be sexy, you'll never be sexy."

Jennifer Aniston, American Actress

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