Ginger Rogers on pride -- Maya Angelou on transcendence -- Nien Cheng on courage -- Chita Rivera on attitude -- Jean Auel on duty -- Carol Channing on rejection -- Alice Walker on heroines -- Shelley Winters on independence -- Agnes DeMille on never relinquishing the possibilities -- Helen Hayes on beauty -- Vikki LaMotta on being battered -- Dr. Joyce Brothers on fear -- Yoko Ono on prejudice -- Coretta Scott King on having "somebodiness" -- Tina Brown on being an extrovert/introvert -- Bernadette Peters on being yourself -- Julia Child on setting a good table -- Claire Bloom on stretching -- Carrie Fisher on being funny and smart -- Jihan Sadat on widowhood -- Suzanne Somers on alcoholism -- Jane Pauley on priorities -- Judy Collins on amazing grace -- Diana Vreeland on pizzazz -- Andrea Marcovicci on developing a mindset -- Liv Ullmann on coping with death -- Ann Jillian on physical alterations -- Jackie Collins on doing anything -- Barbara Taylor Bradford & Susan Isaacs on trying a little fearlessness -- Catherine Deneuve on being a mother -- Nora Ephron on betrayal -- Sandra Bernhard on compatibility -- Candice Bergen on living life to the fullest -- Shirley MacLaine on spontaneity -- Marlee Matlin on being deaf -- Dyan Cannon on loving yourself -- Lady Antonia Fraser on being a natural feminist -- Francoise Gilot on obedience -- Wendy Wasserstein on being a girl -- Sally Field on being a pragmatist -- Estee Lauder on extemporaneousness -- Mary Higgins Clark on never giving up -- Rosalynn Carter on prevailing -- Lana Wood on sibling rivalry -- Louise Fletcher on deafness -- Princess Yasmin Aga Khan on being a daughter -- Queen Noor on life's demands -- Maria Cole on making choices -- Ann Landers on things happening for the best -- Olympia Dukakis on aging.