I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn’t have it.
HEDY LAMARRThat’s how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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When I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don’t just mean sex, I married him.
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I don’t believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn’t, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode.
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I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.
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Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me, and still is.
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I am a very good shot. I have hunted for every kind of animal. But I would never kill an animal during mating season.
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If I were to name my favorite pastime, I’d have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.
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I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father’s equal, and I never loved any other man as much.
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Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head.
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Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn’t mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel.
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I appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There’s nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared.
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Films have a certain place in a certain time period. Technology is forever.
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To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.
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I’d rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.
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Some men like a dull life – they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it – it’s often catching.
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Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.
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