When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.

Ava Gardner

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I haven’t taken an overdose of sleeping pills and called my agent. I haven’t been in jail, and I don’t go running to the psychiatrist every two minutes. That’s something of an accomplishment these days.
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Accomplishment Myself Prison Sleep
Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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Feeling Float Myself Perfection Warm Water
What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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Fame Myself Stardom
God knows I’ve got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don’t.
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Forgiveness Fragile God Myself Understand
I don’t mind growing old. If I have to go before my time, this is how I’ll go– cigarette in one hand, glass of scotch in the other.
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Growth Hands Mindset Myself Old
Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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Character Deep Myself
I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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Director Heart Himself Myself Rule Soul Trust
I couldn’t imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
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End Imagination Movie Myself World
So this was where lust was satisfied. If I’d been an old-time miner I’d have asked for my gold nugget back.
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Gold Lust Myself Old Satisfaction Time
Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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Important Love Relationship Sex Yourself
I suffered, I really suffered, with all three of my husbands. And I tried damn hard with all three, starting each marriage certain that it was going to last until the end of my life. Yet none of them lasted more than a year or two.
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Hard Husband Life Myself Suffering
Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mistake of thinking I was like that off the screen. They couldn’t have been more wrong.
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Mistake Myself People Play Thinking Wrong
It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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Believe Lust Pity Simplicity
All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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Appearance Beautiful Myself
I was lazy. I would have been a hell of a lot better actress had I taken it more seriously. I never had the proper respect for acting. Quite often, I learned my lines on the way to the studio.
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Better Hell Learning Movie Myself Quite Respect Studio
I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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Cheating Hate Myself Relationship
If I had my life to live over again, I’d live it the same way. Maybe a few changes here or there, but nothing special. The truth is, honey, I’ve enjoyed my life. I’ve had a hell of a good time.
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Change Enjoyment Goodness Hell Life Live Myself Time Truth Way
Hollywood – that’s a place where love is viewed both pragmatically and philosophically in the saying, ‘Tis better to have loved and divorced than never to have had any publicity at all.
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Better Divorce Hollywood Philosophy Place Public View
When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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Angry Lose Myself Place Temper Yourself
I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.
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Age Alcohol Death Hands Live Myself Old Time
I was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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Children Goodness Movie Myself
And the news got worse. It appeared that there was this whole other person Jesus Christ whose birthday a lot of people tended to confuse with mine. I was personally outraged. It was a long time before I forgave the Lord for that.
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Angry Forgiveness Myself News Person Personal Time Worst
Oh, what the hell did I know? I went to the set the first day in full makeup and the director told me to take it off. So I did the film without makeup. I had nothing to do with anything I did. I never understood why I was so famous.
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Day Director Fame Famous Hell Make Up Movie Myself
I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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History Hollywood Myself Rise Sun
I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.
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Book Emotion Jewel Myself Writing
When I’m old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in.
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Cook Goodness Gray Home Kitchen Music Old Sea Wonderful
Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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Fame Fortune Happiness Home Yourself

When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.

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