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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.

Ava Gardner

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
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
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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Cook Goodness Gray Home Kitchen Music Old Sea Wonderful
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
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
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 do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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Money Myself Reason Time
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
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
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
Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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Animal Education Study
Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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Love One Liner Pain
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
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

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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