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I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money.


Ruth Rendell

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RUTH BENEDICT The American government policy on what we supported and subsidised in agriculture was a social exper...
RUTH REICHL The only time they ever throw anything away is when it's really and truly broken, and then they make...
RUTH OZEKI The original Dean Martin Comedy Hour handed me some hysterical sketches. I've got highlights on ...
RUTH BUZZI In fact, if one person is unkind to an animal it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of peo...
RUTH HARRISON Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of ...
RUTH GORDON Cleaning isn't all that interesting to me. I'm disorganized.
RUTH WILSON I did documentary film for a long time, and I spent a lot of time behind the camera, fervently wishi...
RUTH OZEKI If you really taste a doughnut, it's pretty disgusting. They taste of grease.
RUTH REICHL They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women.
RUTH HANDLER My kitchen was built for my body. It forms a 'U' in the middle of the living room and dining...
RUTH REICHL Of course, to publish something, you have to write it, polish it, then hire out the line editing, co...
RUTH GLICK My nephews all look at me differently now. Before, they couldn't relate to me, and now I'm l...
RUTH BUZZI One of my desert island books, 'The Leopard' is not so much a novel as a eulogy for a way of...
RUTH WARE I believe that for all of us, there was this one moment in our early life when we started being obse...
RUTH REINHARDT Violence in film and television is an ongoing conversation, and I like eavesdropping on it, but I...
RUTH NEGGA I felt like that was my calling. I just didn't know how I was going to get my voice out of Edmon...
RUTH B The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on beha...
RUTH BENEDICT Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.
RUTH GORDON Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
BABE RUTH It's hard to beat somebody when they don't give up
BABE RUTH You have to have a talent for having talent.
RUTH GORDON