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Fame gives you everything you never wanted.

Ava Gardner

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 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’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
All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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Appearance Beautiful Myself
I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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Money Myself Reason Time
Love is nothing but a pain in the ass.
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Love One Liner Pain
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
I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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History Hollywood Myself Rise Sun
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
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
Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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Fame Fortune Happiness Home Yourself
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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Gold Lust Myself Old Satisfaction Time
Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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Feeling Float Myself Perfection Warm Water
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
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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Forgiveness Fragile God Myself 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
I want to remember it all, the good times and the bad times, the late nights, the boozing, the dancing into dawns, and all the great and not-so-great people I met and loved in those years.
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Bad Goodness Greatness Myself Night Remember Time
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
Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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Animal Education Study
Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
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Fame Material Money Yourself
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
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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Day Director Fame Famous Hell Make Up Movie Myself
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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Growth Hands Mindset Myself Old
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
I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.
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Cheating Hate Myself Relationship
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
Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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Important Love Relationship Sex Yourself

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