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What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.

Ava Gardner

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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Better Divorce Hollywood Philosophy Place Public View
Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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Feeling Float Myself Perfection Warm Water
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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Mistake Myself People Play Thinking Wrong
Oh, what the hell did I know? I went to the set the first day in full makeup and the director told me to take it off. So I did the film without makeup. I had nothing to do with anything I did. I never understood why I was so famous.
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Day Director Fame Famous Hell Make Up Movie Myself
It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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Believe Lust Pity Simplicity
Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
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Fame Material Money Yourself
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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Feeling Myself People Perfection Talk Time Truth Understand
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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Freedom Liberty Money Movement Valid Woman
I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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History Hollywood Myself Rise Sun
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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Angry Forgiveness Myself News Person Personal Time Worst
All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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Appearance Beautiful Myself
I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.
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Book Emotion Jewel Myself Writing
I was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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Children Goodness Movie Myself
When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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Angry Lose Myself Place Temper Yourself
I was lazy. I would have been a hell of a lot better actress had I taken it more seriously. I never had the proper respect for acting. Quite often, I learned my lines on the way to the studio.
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Better Hell Learning Movie Myself Quite Respect Studio
Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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Important Love Relationship Sex Yourself

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