Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
AVA GARDNERThe 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.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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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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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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I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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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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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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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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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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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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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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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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What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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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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