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"The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it."

"The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it."

Esther Williams, American Actress

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"I did a guest appearance on The Practice and loved it."

"I did a guest appearance on The Practice and loved it."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

Appearance, Guest, Practice

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"I got more bands and went on the road and turn down more movies than you would believe."

"I got more bands and went on the road and turn down more movies than you would believe."

Sally Kellerman, American Actress

51

"I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world."

"I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world."

Diane Lane, American Actress

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"I don't want to be someone's entertainment."

"I don't want to be someone's entertainment."

Priscilla Presley, American Actress

Entertainment, Want

51

"I've seen it too many times in Hollywood. Talking about a relationship in public can jinx it. And if you have your picture taken together, you might as well start packing your bags."

"I've seen it too many times in Hollywood. Talking about a relationship in public can jinx it. And if you have your picture taken together, you might as well start packing your bags."

Gina Gershon, American Actress

Hollywood, Public, Talking

51

"I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with."

"I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Travel, People, Flying, Want

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"Our family has gone through a very difficult time. My husband and I have taken the brunt of it. I've never known what it truly felt like to be so sad and desperate inside."

"Our family has gone through a very difficult time. My husband and I have taken the brunt of it. I've never known what it truly felt like to be so sad and desperate inside."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

Family, Time, Husband

51

"It's different when you're an actor and playing a part, but when it's just you, you feel immensely vulnerable have strangers prodding and prying."

"It's different when you're an actor and playing a part, but when it's just you, you feel immensely vulnerable have strangers prodding and prying."

Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress

Actor, Strangers

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"When my daughter asks, 'What do you do?', every movie I have a different answer. As she grows, she wants more explanations."

"When my daughter asks, 'What do you do?', every movie I have a different answer. As she grows, she wants more explanations."

Michelle Williams, American Actress

Daughter, Explanations

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"When I hear that somebody's difficult, I think, Oh, I can't wait to work with them."

"When I hear that somebody's difficult, I think, Oh, I can't wait to work with them."

Glenn Close, American Actress

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"This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work."

"This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work."

Bette Davis, American Actress

51

"I just read that 81 percent of Americans are ready to vote for a woman. So it sounds like America is ready."

"I just read that 81 percent of Americans are ready to vote for a woman. So it sounds like America is ready."

Geena Davis, American Actress

America, Americans, Vote, Woman

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"I get about 25 letters a month, and I answer every one of them."

"I get about 25 letters a month, and I answer every one of them."

Mary Ann Mobley, American Actress

51

"What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older."

"What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older."

Jill Clayburgh, American Actress

Movies, Women, Bugs, Treasure

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"I don't judge people by their sexual orientation or the color of their skin, so I find it really hard to identify someone by saying that they're a gay person or a black person or a Jewish person."

"I don't judge people by their sexual orientation or the color of their skin, so I find it really hard to identify someone by saying that they're a gay person or a black person or a Jewish person."

Diana Ross, American Actress

People, Gay, Saying, Skin

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"I am severely distracted these days. It's hard to sit in front of the computer, uploading bad music for hours, when you have a wonderful boyfriend who treats you like a Goddess."

"I am severely distracted these days. It's hard to sit in front of the computer, uploading bad music for hours, when you have a wonderful boyfriend who treats you like a Goddess."

April Winchell, American Actress

Music, Boyfriend, Computer

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"I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career."

"I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career."

Julie Andrews, English Actress

Love, Career, Singing

51

"I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts."

"I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

51

"I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn."

"I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

Past, Present, Risk

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"It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession."

"It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Business, Profession

51

"Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter."

"Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter."

Donna Mills, American Actress

51

"Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I don't think that it makes you less of an intellect. You know, if you ever crave knowledge, there's always a library."

"Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I don't think that it makes you less of an intellect. You know, if you ever crave knowledge, there's always a library."

Michelle Rodriguez, American Actress

Knowledge, Growing up, Intellect, Schools

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"Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years."

"Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years."

Joan Van Ark, American Actress

Relationship, Relationships, Years

51

"Grease is the only cure for a hangover."

"Grease is the only cure for a hangover."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

51

"If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?"

"If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?"

Lily Tomlin, American Actress

51

"You automatically are trusting because not only is the person a friend, they are so incredibly gifted that you know someone is going to be able to hit the ball back to you across the net."

"You automatically are trusting because not only is the person a friend, they are so incredibly gifted that you know someone is going to be able to hit the ball back to you across the net."

Jennifer Beals, American Actress

Friendship, Friend

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"I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working."

"I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working."

Dana Plato, American Actress

51

"Two people can make love but that isn't necessarily love."

"Two people can make love but that isn't necessarily love."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

51

"My first husband, yes, I eloped with him from Hungary against my mother's wishes."

"My first husband, yes, I eloped with him from Hungary against my mother's wishes."

Eva Gabor, Hungarian Actress

Mother, HusbFirst, Wishes

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"I couldn't stop looking at the award when I received it. It was as if my whole career flashed in front of me, from beginning to the moment I was handed the Golden Globe."

"I couldn't stop looking at the award when I received it. It was as if my whole career flashed in front of me, from beginning to the moment I was handed the Golden Globe."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

Beginning, Career

51

"We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too."

"We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too."

Helen Hayes, American Actress

51

"My brother Cody is 19. He wants to stay out of the limelight and become a lawyer. I want him to be an entertainment lawyer, so he can help me out!"

"My brother Cody is 19. He wants to stay out of the limelight and become a lawyer. I want him to be an entertainment lawyer, so he can help me out!"

Lindsay Lohan, American Actress

Brother, Entertainment, Help, Want

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"Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears."

"Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears."

Gillian Anderson, American Actress

Action, Perseverance, Mind

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"One of the networks sent me a TV set to watch. I didn't care for the medium. It depressed me."

"One of the networks sent me a TV set to watch. I didn't care for the medium. It depressed me."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

51

"The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941."

"The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

51

"It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly."

"It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

Life, Knowledge, Remarkable, World

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"TV can be a long commitment."

"TV can be a long commitment."

Eliza Dushku, American Actress

51

"At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and make peace with the fact that whether she had a small amount of time, that she had to kind of live it completely through, instead of living by the rules."

"At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and make peace with the fact that whether she had a small amount of time, that she had to kind of live it completely through, instead of living by the rules."

Charlize Theron, South African Actress

Life, Peace, Time, End

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"It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that we have sprung from the ape, there are occasions when my own spring appears not to have been very far."

"It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that we have sprung from the ape, there are occasions when my own spring appears not to have been very far."

Cornelia Otis Skinner, American Actress

Spring, Theory, Validity

51

"Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling."

"Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling."

Uma Thurman, American Actress

Men, Selling, Job, Want

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"Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery."

"Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery."

Grace Kelly, American Actress

Woman, Women, Mystery

51

"And if doctor says that you don't have IBS with constipation, you might want to get a second opinion, because I had doctors that were telling me... of course, a lot of this has to do with science - progressing."

"And if doctor says that you don't have IBS with constipation, you might want to get a second opinion, because I had doctors that were telling me... of course, a lot of this has to do with science - progressing."

Cybill Shepherd, American Actress

Science, Doctors, Opinion, Want

51

"My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust."

"My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust."

Jane Birkin, English Actress

Mother, Nothing, Reading

51

"The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage."

"The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage."

Ethel Barrymore, American Actress

51

"When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin."

"When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin."

Olympia Dukakis, American Actress

Woman, Women, Mother, Church, Children

51

"The Green Lantern is a unique superhero because it's not that he's super that is his focus; it's that he's a man. He's very human. That's his greatest strength and his greatest weakness."

"The Green Lantern is a unique superhero because it's not that he's super that is his focus; it's that he's a man. He's very human. That's his greatest strength and his greatest weakness."

Blake Lively, American Actress

Strength, Focus, Man, Weakness

51

"Studio 54 made Halloween in Hollywood look like a PTA meeting."

"Studio 54 made Halloween in Hollywood look like a PTA meeting."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Hollywood, Meeting

51

"As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation."

"As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

Life, Anticipation

51

"Kids aren't going to understand single life in New York City."

"Kids aren't going to understand single life in New York City."

Melissa Joan Hart, American Actress

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