Some of My Favorite Women

Below are some of my favorite quotes by women. I hope that you enjoy.

Carol Burnett born on Apr 26
(1933-____) US actress, comedienne
She is one of the classic funny women who hosted her own show, "The Carol Burnett Show," 1966-77; won five Emmy's.
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Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.

When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it' s always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure."
Why is it no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?

When you have a dream you've got to grab it and never let go.

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.

Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.

MAE WEST
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Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

I like my clothes to be tight enough to show I'm a woman... but loose enough to show I'm a lady.

I like two kinds of men: domestic and imported

I used to be Snow White... but I drifted

I've been rich and I've been poor... Believe me, rich is better

Marilyn Monroe born on Jun 1
(1926-1962) US actress
She was the ultimate pin-up girl who starred in "Some Like It Hot," 1959 and "Bus Stop," 1956.
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A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, "There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest."

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife . . . . I guess I am a fantasy.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a 1000 dollars for a kiss and 50 cents for your soul.

I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.

Judy Garland born on Jun 10
(1922-1969) US actress, singer
She is best and most fondly remembered as "Dorothy" in "Wizard of Oz," 1939.

I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.

I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.

How strange when an illusion dies, it's as though you've lost a child.

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.

Gail Godwin born on Jun 18
(1937-____) US novelist, short-story writer, journalist
She is best known for "Glass People," 1972.
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Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.

Art doesn't come in measured quantities: it's got to be too much or it's not enough.

Some things arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever.

Actors between plays are like ghosts looking for bodies to inhabit.

The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: there is a forward motion to yearning.

Katharine Graham born on Jun 16
(1917-____) US newspaper executive
She is owner and publisher of "The Washington Post" and "Newsweek," and one of the most influential women in the U.S.

If one is rich and one's a woman, one can be quite misunderstood.

Bromidic though it may sound, some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?

Wilma Rudolph born on Jun 23
(1940-1994) US track athlete
As a sprinter, she was the first woman to win three gold medals, 1960 Olympics
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I had a series of childhood illnesses . . . scarlet fever . . .. pneumonia . . .. Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.

Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.

When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God why was I here? What was my purpose? Surely, it wasn't just to win three gold medals. There has to be more to this life than that.

When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.

What do you do after you are world-famous and nineteen or twenty and you have sat with prime ministers, kings and queens, the Pope? Do you go back home and take a job? What do you do to keep your sanity? You come back to the real world.

Rita Rutner
When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.

Men can read maps better than women can. Cause only the male mind could conceive of one inch equaling a hundred miles.

To attract men, I wear a perfume called 'New Car Interior'.

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.

I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back.

Gracie Allen born on Jul 26
(1906-1964) US comedienne
She starred, with husband George, in the "Burns and Allen Show," 1922-1958.
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I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best.

Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I'll develop my radio personality.

They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.

When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.

The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.

Bella Abzug born on Jul 24
(1920-____) US lawyer, politician
Battling Bella was the first Jewish congresswoman; wide-brimmed hats are her trademark.
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The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

All of the men on my staff can type.

They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of society as every other individual.

If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century -- and the economy -- around.

The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.

Notice:

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.
By the Order of the Author
Per G.G., Chief of Ordinance
(Borrowed from Mark Twain)

Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
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Being in the Present

It is very hard for many of us to be in the present. One of the reasons I think children laugh more than adults (300 to 15) is because they live in the present and find wonder in it. As adults we are thinking of the past, the future, and very little of the present. If you think of it the present is all we have. The present moment is never intolerable. It is always what happened five minutes ago, or five days ago, or what is coming five minutes from now, or five days from now that makes people despair.

The Law of Life is to live in the present, and this applies to both time and place. Keep your attention to the present moment, and in the place where your body is now.

A woman was visiting a great cathedral in Italy. Just inside the door was a magnificent mosaic extending the width of the building, but not yet completed. It represented the Last Judgment and the number of tiny pieces of different colored marble involved in it staggers the imagination. A man was on his knees working away and the women, who speak Italian, whispered to him, "What a stupendous task you have! I could not even dream of undertaking so much work."

The man replied quietly, "Oh, I know about how much I can do comfortably in one day. So each morning I mark out a certain area, and I don't bother my head thinking outside of that space. Before I know where I am the job will be complete."

If we stay in the present the journey and destination will be that much better.

BE IN THE PRESENT. As the saying goes, "The Past is History, and the Future is a Mystery, and the Present is a Gift."

Jana Ruth
Author of "Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life"
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.laughingworld.blogspot.com

Jana's Corner

Get Rid of the Buts and Butts in Your Life

I have decided that butts, or negative people, do not belong in my life. I don't want them. I don't need them. I refuse to let negative people in, or influence me. At times this is not a easy task. And sometimes, unfortunately, I am the butt.

This new found knowledge of my disliking butts, got me thinking about the other but. You know this one. This is the one we use in our language and in our writing. "She is a wonderful person, but...." "You did a great job, but..... " "I am so proud of you, but..." "I love you, but..."

This last example is the one that hurts the most, and unfortunately, I have heard it a few times. Anytime I hear a but, I know that everything the person said, or wrote , before the but, is nil and void.

The great replacement for but is and. "She is a wonderful person, and...." "You did a great job, and...." " I am so proud of you, and..." "I love you, and..." This and replacement comes from the world of Improvisational Theater where you are taught to add to whatever idea, your improvisational partner gives you. You are taught to contribute positively with an and instead of responding with a negative but.

Think about how much better our world would be if we all used and instead of but? Think about how much better the workplace would be if we all contributed to each others ideas, instead of saying "Tom, great idea, but let me tell you all the reasons why it won't work." Tom, after hearing this is not likely to contribute again. What if Tom heard, "Tom, great idea, and to add to that, what if we do this?"

I think that if we outlawed all the buts and butts from her homes, schools, and workplaces, we would all communicate more, and be much more productive. Let's add to each other lives, and quit being so negative. And what do you think?

Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.laughingworld.blogspot.com

It's All In the Meaning

My ex-husband Richard, who I affectionately called Dick, used to get very upset when I said the "F" word. Dick, didn't mind when I "f***ed" him, he just didn't want me to say it. He said it wasn't ladylike. As if I was ever a lady.

Anyway it got me thinking. Which is scary, although I am a legend in my own mind. It got me thinking. The "F" word is not bad or dirty by itself, it is the meaning we give it.

For instance let's suppose that the "F" word meant what the word church means and vica versa.

So you might ask your friend if "he was going to "F***" on Sunday." Or you might tell your sister that she "should go to hear the great preacher at "F***." Or a survey would find that 40% of the American population goes to "F***" every Sunday.

The opposite would also be interesting. If you were really angry at someone you would say, "Well church you." Or, "I churched her brains out last night." Kids would get into big problem if they used the "C" word but saying f*** would be considered okay and very good if you went to f*** on Sunday.

It really isn't the word, it is the meaning that gets us into trouble.

So if you don't like it, well CHURCH YOU!

And so as the little boy answered when asked what part of him was hurt when he fell on the slippery floor, "The End."