I always liked Barbara Howar and admired her spunk. I know that she considered me - and Alice Roosevelt Longworth - an exception to her negative feelings about Washington widows and single women, whom she basically found dispensable.
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CHANITA OLDS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Once she summed up her carrer simply: 'I dug things up. I was curious. And then I liked to draw what... MARY LEAKEY Police called me today and informed me she was found. I think she had been there since the last nigh... DANIEL CONLEY As she had been walking from the ward to that room, she had felt such pure hatred that now she had n... PAULO COELHO Adrian had always found it amusing that a guy could be drilling Stacia up her ass while she consider... JESS C. SCOTT I liked it. I liked her. And every time I saw her, she seemed more beautiful. ... WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN Why could he not have chosen some other woman? Why Avelina? But he knew why. It was because she had ... MELANIE DICKERSON She's really close to her family which is awesome. She always brags about her little sister and I lo... AMBER HALL She liked working nights for some reason, and I don't know why. I used to tell her she ought to be s... JEFF SHELLEY Her innocence was maddening. She should know. She should know what her steward had done. She should ... MARIE RUTKOSKI I adored my mother, and I will always have extraordinary memories about her and remember her, and sh... MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for ... EDMUND WHITE Barbara has served Ford well in her role in Investor Relations. She always put the Company's interes... DON LECLAIR I liked the fact that she spoke so clearly about her connections to people and her interest in being... ELLEN PERRY I can't believe you're here," she says, her voice soft. "I can't believe you found me." "... JENNIFER E. SMITH Hillary said today that she knew nothing about her brother's involvement (in Clinton's pardons). I b... JAY LENO I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn't that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like she... NEIL GAIMAN With Scarlett Johansson, I always thought she was pretty, but then when I heard her sing, there was ... CAMERON MONAGHAN I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for... GARY NUMAN I really enjoyed being Peppy Miller. She was an amazing character and her energy followed me everywh... BERENICE BEJO She would say that. My sister has always been really competitive. I think that she competes with me ... CAITLIN DAVIS Believe me what I did came from my heart. She asked me for help and I gave it to her. She wanted her... JOE SPARICO I admired her for that, she's more interested in her degree than playing ball. She could go and easi... GREG THARRINGTON My mother is from another time - the funniest person to her is Lucille Ball; that's what she lov... STEVEN WRIGHT She shrunk into herself and waited for me to stare at her like she was gross an dirty. But I just wa... KRISTA RITCHIE I know about her, although she has never crossed my path," he said softly. "I know about her struggl... SHERWOOD ANDERSON She may resent Playboy because she resents feeling ugly in sex--or, if "beautiful," her body ... NAOMI WOLF That's why I loved Dinah Washington. She sung jazz, but they called her the Queen of the Blues. ... ANDRA DAY I killed her once and died for her many times and I still have nothing to show for it. I always sear... ANN BRASHARES I think maybe my mom thought that Katharine Hepburn would be a good role model of, like, a strong, s... GILLIAN JACOBS I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played th... MADELEINE PEYROUX To my lady. May she have success in all her endeavors, health and friendships, and may I not take my... KATY EVANS I guess she looked up to me sometimes, when she wasn't mad at me. She was just a really, really rema... ALEXANDER HENDERSON I don't know about "any" publisher. But Katharine Graham and I had been working together for almost ... BEN BRADLEE She had a lot of personality, and she really wanted to skate. I just remember her mom always telling... BONNI RETZKIN I've always admired the way she approaches her work. She seems to underplay things in such a believa... SEAN BEAN Well, she managed to - Barbara was capable of doing practically anything if she set her mind to it. ... TED OLSON Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but fo... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but f... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE She was basically resting. She would come in and out of her rest, open her eyes, look around and go ... BERNICE KING I've met Oprah Winfrey twice, but I want to spend some quality time with her. I want to sit her ... ROSS MATHEWS She yearned to see her mother again, and Robb and Bran and Rickon… but it was Jon Snow she thought... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She admired him; she was used to clutching her hands together in his wake and heaving audible sighs.... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD She was very cautious about locking her door and not letting people into her home that she didn't kn... DONNA MAY I don't know how it happened, and I don't know why, but this-- what she and I have-- it's solid. You... ELLA FRANK That night, she told me how much she was tired of hurting her mom and her dad. I still remember her ... CINDY GARCIA In one case, I was working with a woman who told me initially that she was recommending me to all he... KATHERINE CROWLEY I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her gr... SAM RAIMI (It's) a landmark age for women, ... It makes her think about choices she makes and what she doesn't... SARAH JESSICA PARKER I don't even know her yet..but if she could see me right now, I'd want her to know that I love her ERIC LUDY I met Drew Barrymore in New York and she said she liked the band. That was really cool. I grew up on... MEG WHITE She was the most loving person. She would always give me a back massage or talk to me about anything... CRAIG ROTHWELL Riley was quiet for a minute. She gathered her blanket all around her. "Paul always loved you, Alice... ANN BRASHARES Betsy liked to read her stories aloud and she read them like an actress. She made her voice low and ... MAUD HART LOVELACE I love her for what she has dared to be, for her hardness, her cruelty, her egoism, her perverseness... ANAïS NIN He promised her that he would give her everything, everything she wanted, as men in love always do. ... PHILIPPA GREGORY My first female lover was a Jewish woman. She was butch, but not in a swaggering macho way- she coul... LAWRENCE SCHIMEL She saw in his eyes that he knew she was thinking about him. She liked the fact that he knew it, and... NICHOLAS SPARKS I love my daughter very much. And she did have a terrible childhood - because it felt that way to he... LINDA CARROLL She didn’t understand why it was happening,” he said. “I had to tell her she would die. Her so... JOHN GREEN Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to the... EDMUND WALLER Every single minute I think about this story, my mind turns to her family and the extraordinary risk... CHARLES SENNOTT Before she was born, I started calling her Nikki. Her parents liked Madison. DAVE FAVRE Dread was always with her, an alarm system in her head, alert to her next disaster. Despit... G.G. RENEE HILL When she said she found a butterfly and her mom just passed away, I had tears. KRYSTIE SCHIELE My daughter is the most normal towards me. For her, I am just her mom. I am just a regular mom, and ... KARISMA KAPOOR But as she continued and finished her tale, I could tell that her heart was elsewhere, and when she ... KELLY BARNHILL She's doing an outstanding job. I've always admired her diligence, her passion for art, and I like w... HERB EDWARDS I was so glad to see Gina get it tonight. What's impressed me most about her is how she got it. She ... BOB CONDRICK My father always liked to have her around. He was so proud of how she looked. She was so pretty, sma... JUDY TESSIER She found out he was two-timing on her. She told me some time ago she was going to kill him. I wasn'... BERNICE JAMISON She's hurt and still imagines I'd worry about him for even a second ? I touch her shoulder. Her touc... RICK YANCEY She sat up, cheeks flushed and golden hair tousled. She was so beautiful that it made my soul ache. ... RICHELLE MEAD A lot of people knew her, but she didn't open up to a lot of people. I don't know if there were many... KIRK BROTHERS She's true to herself. She hasn't sold her soul. I admire her grace about doing that. She's fair and... CINDY MCCLELLAND Scully liked neatness and order. This office was her notion of a nightmare. She had no idea how Muld... LES MARTIN I ask her why she had to put me through so much trouble. And I tell her I'm sorry and that I love he... NIXZALIZ SANTIAGO I've always resented Hermione, because I wanted to be her so badly and she never seemed to appreciat... RACHEL COHN Nicki Minaj is a very strong woman who knows exactly what she wants. As an artist, I understand her,... BEBE REXHA When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of m... NARCISO RODRIGUEZ Deep inside, she knew who she was, and that person was smart and kind and often even funny, but some... JULIA QUINN They asked her (Ruth Graham) did she ever think about divorce and she said, 'No, I've never thought ... BILLY GRAHAM They asked her (Ruth Graham) did she ever think about divorce and she said, 'No, I've never thought ... BILLY GRAHAM
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KATHARINE GRAHAM [In August 1966 the Post 's owner, Katharine Graham, discussed the war with a writer in line to take... KATHARINE GRAHAM At least through most of the 1960s, I basically lived in a man's world, hardly speaking to a wom... KATHARINE GRAHAM Being a woman in control of a company - even a small private company, as ours was then - was so sing... KATHARINE GRAHAM I love Martha's Vineyard, where I have had a house for thirty years. I have loved visiting count... KATHARINE GRAHAM When in 1969 I became publisher of the 'Washington Post' as well as president of the company... KATHARINE GRAHAM The only way I can describe the extent of my anxiety is to say that I felt as if I were pregnant wit... KATHARINE GRAHAM My mother seemed to undermine so much of what I did, subtly belittling my choices and my activities ... KATHARINE GRAHAM One doesn't soon forget the natural beauty of Washington, although those of us who live here do ... KATHARINE GRAHAM I truly believed that other people in my position didn't make mistakes; I couldn't see that ... KATHARINE GRAHAM The image of me as someone who likes or can deal with a fight is wrong. Some people enjoy competitio... KATHARINE GRAHAM To me, involvement with news is absolutely inebriating. It's what makes my life exciting. KATHARINE GRAHAM If one is rich and one's a woman, one can be quite misunderstood. KATHARINE GRAHAM The press these days should be rather careful about its role. We may have acquired some tendencies a... KATHARINE GRAHAM I adopted the assumption of many of my generation that women were intellectually inferior to men, th... KATHARINE GRAHAM There seems to me nothing very bad about a nation's capital having good intentions - and when th... KATHARINE GRAHAM I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex. KATHARINE HEPBURN Never complain. Never explain. KATHARINE HEPBURN Life is to be lived. 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KATHARINE HEPBURN Have you ever taken something out of the clothes hamper because it had become, relatively, the clean... KATHARINE WHITEHORN I've long wanted to find a charitable cause to really get involved with and be passionate about.... KATHARINE MCPHEE Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give... KATHARINE HEPBURN Women are often meeker in meetings and afraid to ask for raises and promotions. I've told countl... KATHARINE WEYMOUTH My favourite actors are all dead or dying. I just love Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn... KATHARINE ISABELLE My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato s... KATHARINE HEPBURN I have a few girlfriends, but nearly all my friends are guys. I don't think I ever wore girl clo... KATHARINE ISABELLE It feels good to be strong. KATHARINE MCPHEE Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do. 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KATHARINE HEPBURN Without discipline, there's no life at all. KATHARINE HEPBURN Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should just live next door ... KATHARINE HEPBURN The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any. KATHARINE WHITEHORN We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - bu... KATHARINE HEPBURN Why are the umpires, the only two people on the field who aren't going to get grass stains on their... KATHARINE WHITEHORN If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building. KATHARINE HEPBURN I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret… if you have... KATHARINE HEPBURN Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in. KATHARINE WHITEHORN Boy, were you wrong about that, Sergeant Clemons. KATHARINE LIELL It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession. KATHARINE HEPBURN I have family members who live in Africa. Because of the family that lives there, I know what is hap... KATHARINE MCPHEE I grew up on my dad's sets, but I was never star-struck or desperate to be famous. I grew up bei... KATHARINE ISABELLE Everyone has that inner voice, the one that's a Negative Nancy. I'd say to ignore that voice... KATHARINE MCPHEE If you don't flirt, you're probably dead inside. KATHARINE TOWNE It's a business you go into because you're an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profe... KATHARINE HEPBURN Only the really plain people know about love-the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impr... KATHARINE HEPBURN Horror movies scare me. I don't really watch them. I'm not a big horror genre fan. I like ce... KATHARINE ISABELLE What happened to your lip?" Ravenna said to him. "It looks sore." Miss Feather's fingers darte... KATHARINE ASHE I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret
if you have ... KATHARINE HEPBURN I am an atheist and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind t... KATHARINE HEPBURN Never complain. Never explain. KATHARINE HEPBURN I love the spirit of Halloween and the energy that comes with it. KATHARINE MCPHEE A beautiful woman needs no embellishments. But a prideful man may give them to her nevertheless. KATHARINE ASHE The noise is so loud that birds, waves, and people are silenced by the frantic roar of morons scream... KATHARINE HEPBURN Living wasn't easy for you, was it? You couldn't enter your own life, but you could be someone else.... KATHARINE HEPBURN Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star. KATHARINE HEPBURN When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted ... KATHARINE HEPBURN Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in. KATHARINE HEPBURN I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true. KATHARINE HEPBURN My greatest strength is... common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup o... KATHARINE HEPBURN If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get marr... KATHARINE HEPBURN Try asking for equal pay while wearing a baby-doll frock KATHARINE VINER . . . as one goes through life one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move. KATHARINE HEPBURN It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean. KATHARINE HEPBURN I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him. KATHARINE HEPBURN What in the world would we do without our libraries? KATHARINE HEPBURN Life seems sometimes like nothing more than a series of losses, from beginning to end. That's the gi... KATHARINE WEBER Going through puberty as a young girl is so confusing. This monster invades your body, changes thing... KATHARINE ISABELLE Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don'... KATHARINE HEPBURN Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need to know about... KATHARINE HEPBURN To be loved is very demoralizing KATHARINE HEPBURN Tea at Five KATHARINE HEPBURN Someone asked someone who was about my age: "How are you?" The answer was, "Fine. If you don't ask f... KATHARINE HEPBURN It's a new low for actresses when you have to wonder what is between her ears instead of her legs. KATHARINE HEPBURN It's life, isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then som... KATHARINE HEPBURN I don't believe in marriage. It's bloody impractical to love, honor, and obey. KATHARINE HEPBURN Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to ... KATHARINE HEPBURN I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind t... KATHARINE HEPBURN If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun KATHARINE HEPBURN Drive on. We'll sweep up the blood later! KATHARINE HEPBURN There is no evidence of a conspiracy ... the state failed because there is no conspiracy. KATHARINE LIELL We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - yo... KATHARINE HEPBURN Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling... KATHARINE HEPBURN Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about. KATHARINE HEPBURN I personally am a 'discovery writer,' as we're termed, someone who plans the book by wri... KATHARINE KERR