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You had to feel the swell change. You had to go with the change. He told me that. No eye is on the sparrow but he did tell me that.


Joan Didion

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JOAN JETT Bulgaria is fascinating. Because it had been a Communist country until the mid-80s, so it had just r...
JOAN CUSACK I'm a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, w...
JOAN COLLINS I love getting back to Wivenhoe. I get out of my wig, bustle and costume in three minutes flat at th...
JOAN HICKSON Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualiti...
JOAN BAEZ What is the biggest public forum in the United States? We were told it's the Super Bowl. The ad ...
JOAN BLADES Reality is the only word in the English language that should always be used in quotes.
JOAN LARSEN The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organiz...
JOAN BAEZ When I finish dressing before a night out and have put on all the accessories, I usually look at mys...
JOAN COLLINS I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando w...
JOAN COLLINS Influence: What you think you have until you try to use it.
JOAN WELSH Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can ...
JOAN RIVERS Vital lives are about action. You can't feel warmth unless you create it, can't feel delight until y...
JOAN ERICKSON Roache's statement after his acquittal was dignified but his supporters were angry. They demanded to...
JOAN SMITH If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live wi...
JOAN POWERS A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes she's a...
JOAN RIVERS A heart filled with anger has no room for love.
JOAN LUNDEN Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never t...
JOAN CRAWFORD Simple things bring infinite pleasure. Yet, it takes us a while to realize that. But once simple is ...
JOAN MARQUES I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife.
JOAN COLLINS If you're coasting, you're either losing momentum or else you're headed downhill.
JOAN WELSH Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of ...
JOAN BORYSENKO