I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
AVA GARDNERWomen’s liberation as a movement makes some valid points. But in the final analysis, it doesn’t matter who wears the pants – as long as there’s money in the pockets.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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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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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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I haven’t taken an overdose of sleeping pills and called my agent. I haven’t been in jail, and I don’t go running to the psychiatrist every two minutes. That’s something of an accomplishment these days.
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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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I couldn’t imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
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God knows I’ve got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don’t.
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When I’m old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in.
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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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I was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.
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Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
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Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mistake of thinking I was like that off the screen. They couldn’t have been more wrong.
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