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.
AVA GARDNERSing 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.
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 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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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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What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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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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I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.
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All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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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 was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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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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Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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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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