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.
AVA GARDNERI couldn’t imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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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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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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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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What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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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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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.
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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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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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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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Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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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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Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
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