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.
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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I was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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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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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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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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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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Maybe, in the final analysis, they saw me as something I wasn’t and I tried to turn them into something they could never be. I loved them all but maybe I never understood any of them. I don’t think they understood me.
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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 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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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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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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Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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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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Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
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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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