Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl’s values.
AVA GARDNERI 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.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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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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Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.
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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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I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.
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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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Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.
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Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
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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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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 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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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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Sex isn’t all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.
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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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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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Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.
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