Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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.
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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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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 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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All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I’m through.
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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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What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
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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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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 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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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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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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Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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