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What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.

Ava Gardner

I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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History Hollywood Myself Rise Sun
I was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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Children Goodness Movie Myself
Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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Love One Liner Pain
Oh, what the hell did I know? I went to the set the first day in full makeup and the director told me to take it off. So I did the film without makeup. I had nothing to do with anything I did. I never understood why I was so famous.
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Day Director Fame Famous Hell Make Up Movie Myself
Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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Animal Education Study
All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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Appearance Beautiful Myself
When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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Angry Lose Myself Place Temper Yourself
I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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Cheating Hate Myself Relationship
Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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Fame Fortune Happiness Home Yourself
Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
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Fame Material Money Yourself
I don’t mind growing old. If I have to go before my time, this is how I’ll go– cigarette in one hand, glass of scotch in the other.
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Growth Hands Mindset Myself Old
Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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Important Love Relationship Sex Yourself
Hollywood – that’s a place where love is viewed both pragmatically and philosophically in the saying, ‘Tis better to have loved and divorced than never to have had any publicity at all.
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Better Divorce Hollywood Philosophy Place Public View
Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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Character Deep Myself
I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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Director Heart Himself Myself Rule Soul Trust
I want to remember it all, the good times and the bad times, the late nights, the boozing, the dancing into dawns, and all the great and not-so-great people I met and loved in those years.
AVA GARDNER

Bad Goodness Greatness Myself Night Remember Time

What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.

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