I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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.
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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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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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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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So this was where lust was satisfied. If I’d been an old-time miner I’d have asked for my gold nugget back.
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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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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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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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I was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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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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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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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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