I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
AVA GARDNERI think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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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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I couldn’t imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
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I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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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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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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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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Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
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I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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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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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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Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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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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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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