"I'm a southern girl from Arkansas and I am just tryin to do my thing in the business. To make a long story short I'm just trying to be successful at what I do and work hard."

“The Compromise of 1850 provided that the prohibition of slavery should be left up to the individual States, thus thwarting the Canaanites in their attempts to make this problem an excuse for federal intervention and a cause of war between the States.”

“What's fame? a fancy'd life in other's breath. A thing beyond us, even before our death.”

“I had the whole sky in my eyes and it was blue and gold.”

“He has marked the American people as His chosen nation to finally lead in the regeneration of the world. This is the divine mission of America ... The Philippines are ours forever. We will not repudiate our duty in the archipelago. We will not abandon our opportunity in the Orient. We will not renounce our part in the mission of our race, trustee, under God, of the civilization of the world.”

Source : Maiden speech in the Senate. "Congressional Record", Senate, 56th Congress, 1st session, pp. 704-712, en.wikisource.org. January 09, 1900.

“[When asked at age 79 why her Paris apartment was located up many flights of stairs at the top of the building:] It's the only way I can still make the hearts of men beat faster.”

“I watch a lot of TV, and I'd like to think what I watch is good TV.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Love means to commit yourself without guarantee.”

“When I'm working, it's great. When I'm not working, it's great.”