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 LAMARRLet any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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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 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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I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick.
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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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All my six husbands married me for different reasons.
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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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A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
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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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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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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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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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I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they’ll run the other way.
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It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
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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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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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