What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
AVA GARDNERI suffered, I really suffered, with all three of my husbands. And I tried damn hard with all three, starting each marriage certain that it was going to last until the end of my life. Yet none of them lasted more than a year or two.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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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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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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I suffered, I really suffered, with all three of my husbands. And I tried damn hard with all three, starting each marriage certain that it was going to last until the end of my life. Yet none of them lasted more than a year or two.
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Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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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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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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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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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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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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Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
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