"It seems to me monstrous that anyone should believe that the jazz rhythm expresses America. Jazz rhythm expresses the primitive savage."

Duncan, Isadora on jazz   

"So that ends my first experience of matrimony, which I always thought a highly over-rated performance."

Duncan, Isadora on marriage   

"All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die."

Dylan, Bob on equality
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"Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything."

Dylan, Bob on gratitude
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"Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age -- as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight."

Diller, Phyllis on marriage
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"There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich."

Dietrich, Marlene on wealth   

"Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is the bullring."

Dietrich, Marlene on hunting   

"Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that."

Davies, Marion on acting and actors   

"If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent."

Davis, Bette on parents and parenting
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"Do not fear mistakes -- there are none."

Davis, Miles on mistakes
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"Don't play what's there, play what's not there."

Davis, Miles on music
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"If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers."

Day, Doris on men
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"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow."

Dean, James on dream
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"The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart."

Davis, Bette on acting and actors   

"I dress for women and I undress for men."

Dickenson, Angie on dress
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"Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast."

Dietrich, Marlene on forgiveness
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"Gentleman. A man who buys two of the same morning paper from the doorman of his favorite nightclub when he leaves with his girl."

Dietrich, Marlene on gentlemen   

"But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked."

Dylan, Bob on president   

"I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it."

Eastwood, Clint on reason   

"The best actors do not let the wheels show."

Fonda, Henry on acting and actors   

"Start off everyday with a simple smile and get it over with."

Fields, W. C. on smile
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"I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive."

Fisher, Carrie on intelligence and intellectuals   

"I'm an assistant storyteller. It's like being a waiter or a gas-station attendant, but I'm waiting on six million people a week, if I'm lucky. [On being an actor]"

Ford, Harrison on acting and actors   

"Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from."

Foster, Jodie on normality
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"I don't need to be Tom Cruise. I just need to work forever."

Foster, Jodie on work   

"I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes."

Fowler, Gene on advice
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"Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves."

Fowler, Gene on opposition
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"I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli."

Fox, Michael J. on marriage   

"Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear."

France, Anatole on fashion
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"For lack of a better term, they've labeled me a sex symbol. It's flattering and it should happen to every bald, overweight guy."

Franz, Dennis on flattery   

"I've always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music."

Franklin, Aretha on music
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"Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil."

Fields, W. C. on acting and actors   

"Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream."

Fields, W. C. on life
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"I never vote for anyone. I always vote against."

Fields, W. C. on elections   

"I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates."

Eliot, T. S. on age and aging
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"Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it."

Eliot, T. S. on past
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"A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good."

Eliot, T. S. on plays
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"Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things."

Eliot, T. S. on success
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"I don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day."

Evangelista, Linda on sleep   

"A lot of fellows nowadays have a B. A., M. D., or Ph. D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J. O. B."

Fats Domino on experts