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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.

Ava Gardner

I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
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Failure Love Marriage Myself Thinking Wisdom
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
Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
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Fame Material Money Yourself
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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Final Love Myself Thinking Understand
I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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Director Heart Himself Myself Rule Soul Trust
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
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
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
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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Change Enjoyment Goodness Hell Life Live Myself Time Truth Way
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
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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Care Enjoyment Enough Fun Myself Night Sleep
I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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History Hollywood Myself Rise Sun
I couldn’t imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
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End Imagination Movie Myself World
I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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Cheating Hate Myself Relationship
Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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Animal Education Study
Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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Feeling Float Myself Perfection Warm Water
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
Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
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Believe Character Country Girl Myself Value Woman
I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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Money Myself Reason Time
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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Listening Myself Need Respect Share Sing Song
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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Age Alcohol Death Hands Live Myself Old Time
All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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Appearance Beautiful Myself
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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Accomplishment Myself Prison Sleep
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
Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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Fame Fortune Happiness Home Yourself
Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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Character Deep Myself
What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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Fame Myself Stardom

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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