Billie Burke Quotes

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese

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This is an era of woman's work in many spheres of activity -- of independent thought and individual achievement in the arts and sciences and learned professions, as well as the humbler, but not more self-sacrificing fields of usefulness. But every woman pursues the eternal quest for love, for sympathy, for understanding, for happiness, and in her heart is the great, holy yearning for motherhood.

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A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.

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And so I began to do my silly women. These characters, these bird-witted ladies whom I have characterized so often... Derive from my part in The Vinegar Tree. I am neatly typed... Possibly irrevocably typed, although I sincerely hope not, for I should like better parts, for those are the roles that I was trained in -- the gay but intelligent, well-written, funny but believable roles.... But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain?

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There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career. An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of moving the public to joyous merriment, cannot always be satisfied to set aside her whole career, in the work that she loves, simply because she is married.

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But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain?

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An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of moving the public to joyous merriment, cannot always be satisfied to set aside her whole career, in the work that she loves, simply because she is married.

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