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The monster of advertisement…is a sort of octopus with innumerable tentacles. It throws out to right and left, in front and behind, its clammy arms, and gathers in, through its thousand little suckers, all the gossip and slander and praise afloat… – Sarah Bernhardt

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What matters poverty? What matters anything to him who is enamoured of our art? Does he not carry in himself every joy and every beauty? – Sarah Bernhardt

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Art
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Sarah Bernhardt
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We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and indulgence. The rest I look upon as a mere crowd…from whom there is nothing to be expected but fleeting emotions. – Sarah Bernhardt

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Commitment
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Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal. – Sarah Bernhardt

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Success
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Other Quotes from
Gossip
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Busy souls have no time to be busy-bodies. – Author unknown, quoted by Jacob M. Braude

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Gossip

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars. – Edgar Watson Howe, Country Town Sayings, 1911

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Gossip

The idea of strictly minding our own business is moldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish? – Myrtle Barker

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Gossip

If an American was condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half of his existence. – Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835

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Gossip

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Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our childrens children, pure on their tongues, and free. – Anna Akhmatova

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Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians. – Paula Danziger

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