I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.
HEDY LAMARRI don’t fear death because I don’t fear anything I don’t understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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I’ve been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only have three close friends. I guess that’s all anyone can expect.
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I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don’t want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him.
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Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.
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I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior.
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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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Mr. DeMille’s theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory.
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It’s funny about men and women. Men pay in cash to get them and pay in cash to get rid of them. Women pay emotionally coming and going. Neither has it easy.
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I’ve met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with.
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A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
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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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My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles.
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Making pictures, for an actress, is like betting, for a gambler. Each time you make a picture you try to analyze why you won or lost.
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I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.
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I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don’t have to stay that way.
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Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry.
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I know when I’m working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities.
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All a woman needs is a good bath, clean clothes, and for her hair to be combed. These things she can do herself. I very seldom go to the hairdresser, but when I do, I just marvel.
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Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.
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Perhaps my problem in marriage-and it is the problem of many women-was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage.
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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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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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Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.
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Because you don’t live near a bakery doesn’t mean you have to go without cheesecake.
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All creative people want to do the unexpected.
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I don’t fear death because I don’t fear anything I don’t understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.
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I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for the last time. After that, your memories should be personal.
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