It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
AVA GARDNERI must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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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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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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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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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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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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Women’s liberation as a movement makes some valid points. But in the final analysis, it doesn’t matter who wears the pants – as long as there’s money in the pockets.
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I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
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I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.
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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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Sing me not a song; let me hear your recital of veneration and respect; this I will listen to over and over when I share your need of pleasing.
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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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I’ve certainly never taken the care of myself that I should have. On the contrary. I’ve done a lot of late nights without enough sleep and all that. But I’ve had fun. Whatever wrinkles are there, I’ve enjoyed getting them.
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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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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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