Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
AVA GARDNERWomen’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.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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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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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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Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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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 think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
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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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I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.
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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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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 was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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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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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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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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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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