It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
HEDY LAMARRPerhaps 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.
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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That’s how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.
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If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude… I hope to make you use your imagination.
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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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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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The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true.
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I enjoy countless hundreds pursuing me. I love those who love me the most. I am sort of flattered by men showing attention to me.
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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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I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don’t have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me.
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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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Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That’s the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.
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I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.
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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 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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I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock.
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