I used to think that drinking would help my shyness, but all it did was exaggerate all the negative qualities.
ELIZABETH TAYLORI call upon you to draw from the depths of your being – to prove that we are a human race, to prove that our love outweighs our need to hate, that our compassion is more compelling than our need to blame.
More Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
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The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
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I don’t have a short temper, I just have a quick reaction to bullshit.
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I’ve always sung in the shower. Now I make the stage a mental shower in order not to get too uptight and enjoy it.
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Money is the best deodorant.
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Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.
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A belly laugh increases the ability of your immune system to fight infections.
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My mother says I didn’t open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.
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So much is said with the electricity of the eyes, the intensity of a whisper. Less is more.
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Just in case you get pneumonia or die. The dangerous bits are always the last days of shooting.
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No matter what happens, I’m loud, noisy, earthy and ready for much more living.
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I don’t love acting; I love chocolate.
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The most sensible thing to do to people you hate is to drink their brandy.
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I hate myself on the screen. I want to die. My voice is either too high or too gravelly. I want to dive under the carpet. I’d love to be tall and willowy. I’m short.
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I was born with scoliosis. I have a double curvature of the spine, and it’s forced me to use a wheelchair because the disease has really taken hold. It really saddens me that I can’t ride.
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Acting is, to me now, artificial. Seeing people suffer is real. It couldn’t be more real. Some people don’t like to look at it in the face because it’s painful. But if nobody does, then nothing gets done.
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