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Divorce Quote by Ruby Dee

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“The divorce rate would be lower if instead of marrying for better or worse people would marry for good.”

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Just staying together is not a real virtue, if you're not happy. Or you're being denied. Or one person is being squashed. Or you…

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I'm proud of doing 'Long Day's Journey into Night,' for which I won an ACE award.

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OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head.

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We don't realize how much racism has tainted our self-image as human beings.

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Gangsters lived in the neighborhood. They weren't apart from it. Their relationships with people were both benevolent and scary.

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My experience for myself as a performer is not one of high expectations.

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The Divine Impulse - it's always safe to follow it. We've got to trust it and go wherever it takes us. Especially women.

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Every woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me, where I loved some invaluable piece of myself apart from me-so different…

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Those who divorce aren't necessarily the most unhappy, just those neatly able to believe their misery is caused by one other person.

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