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"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."
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"Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting."
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"What they call 'heart' lies much lower than the fourth waistcoat button."
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"The trade of authorship is a violent and indestructible obsession."
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"It's got so that every time I walk into a restaurant I get not only soup but an impersonation of Captain Bligh."
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"The nicest thing I can say about Frances Farmer is that she is unbearable."
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| "The Negro and all things negroid had become a fad, and Harlem had become a shrine to which feverish pilgrimages were in order... Seventh Avenue was the gorge into which Harlem cliff dwellers crowded to promenade." |
"I truly feel that there are as many ways of loving as there are people in the world and as there are days in the lives of those people."
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"Look for a sweet person. Forget rich."
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"When vultures watching your civilization begin dropping dead, it is time to pause and wonder."
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| "The blues are the roots, and everything else are the fruits." | ![]() |
"From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect."
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"I'm not a ballerina. I'm a hoofer."
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"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home."
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"I once served a steak to Janis Joplin at Max's Kansas City. She was quiet and very polite. She didn't eat her steak but left a five dollar tip."
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"We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race."
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"With the birth of a child you lose two novels."
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"Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be."
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"I created an image, I created a brand, I think, out of myself. It is a business and it's fun. It really is who I am. I am not acting any different than I normally would."
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| "Those smells that remind me of home. I can smell my dad from a mile away. I can smell it whenever he's worn my clothes. He has this ambery smell that just melts into him." | ![]() |
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