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.
AVA GARDNERLove is nothing but a pain in the ass.
More Ava Gardner Quotes
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I do everything for a reason. Most of the time the reason is money.
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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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When I lose my temper, honey, you can’t find it any place.
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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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I must have seen more sunrises than any other actress in the history of Hollywood.
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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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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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I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
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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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I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.
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I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.
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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 was never an actress — none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.
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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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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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