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 have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was.
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’d rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.
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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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All my six husbands married me for different reasons.
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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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The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn’t get a divorce for almost a year.
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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 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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I’m a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.
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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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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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Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
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I’m fifty-one years old, but I’m not through yet. I have lived a full life, and intend packing in quite a lot more.
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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 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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