The truth is that the only time I’m happy is when I’m doing absolutely nothing. I don’t understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was some sort of goddamn duty. Doing nothing feel like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
AVA GARDNERGod knows I’ve got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don’t.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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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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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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I couldn’t imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
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Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
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Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
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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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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 want to remember it all, the good times and the bad times, the late nights, the boozing, the dancing into dawns, and all the great and not-so-great people I met and loved in those years.
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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 do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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I was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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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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