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ELIZABETH TAYLORI hate the idea of always having to interpret other people’s ideas and thoughts and words, because I’m very independent and, I guess, a free thinker.
More Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
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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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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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You can be fat and still be sexy . It all depends on how you feel about yourself.
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Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.
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I would totally lose myself in the music and be a gypsy. I would go wherever I wanted to in my head – wherever the music took me. My body followed.
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Now is the time for guts and guile.
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I haven’t read any of the autobiographies about me.
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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 love to be casual and comfortable, but I also love the easy glamour of wearing jewelry all the time.
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It’s all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.
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The ups and downs, the problems and stress, along with all the happiness, have given me optimism and hope because I am living proof of survival.
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You can’t cry on a diamond’s shoulder, and diamonds won’t keep you warm at night, but they’re sure fun when the sun shines.
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I 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.
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The things that are important to me – being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist – are all things that were borne out of great passion.
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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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Seems like we always spend the best part of our time just saying goodbye.
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I like the connection with fans and people who have been supportive of me. And I love the idea of real feedback and a two-way street, which is very, very modern.
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I think I ended up being the scarlet woman partly because of my rather puritannical upbringing and beliefs. I always chose to think I was in love and that love was synonymous with marriage.
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Fragrance is an incredibly intimate thing. It can evoke very specific thoughts or memories and is a little different for each person who wears it. I also think it’s the most accessible luxury.
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Follow your passions, follow your heart, and the things you need will come.
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Put on some lipstick and pull yourself together.
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I’m not like anyone. I’m me.
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I have been supremely lucky in my life in that I have known great love, and of course I am the temporary custodian of some incredible and beautiful things.
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I don’t have a short temper, I just have a quick reaction to bullshit.
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I have a woman’s body and a child’s emotions.
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Big girls need big diamonds.
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