Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
AVA GARDNERAnd 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.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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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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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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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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What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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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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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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When I’m old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in.
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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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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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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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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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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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