I used to think that drinking would help my shyness, but all it did was exaggerate all the negative qualities.
ELIZABETH TAYLORPour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.
More Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
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I’ve been through it all, baby, I’m mother courage.
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I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too – for being married so many times.
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It’s amazing the gymnastics you can do when you don’t want to do something. How you can force yourself against all the forces of nature. I threw myself backward.
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I’ve always sung in the shower. Now I make the stage a mental shower in order not to get too uptight and enjoy it.
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Acting is, to me now, artificial. Seeing people suffer is real. It couldn’t be more real. Some people don’t like to look at it in the face because it’s painful. But if nobody does, then nothing gets done.
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I love to be casual and comfortable, but I also love the easy glamour of wearing jewelry all the time.
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I think I’m finally growing up – and about time.
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Big girls need big diamonds.
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I never face the day without perfume.
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Fragrance is an incredibly intimate thing. It can evoke very specific thoughts or memories and is a little different for each person who wears it. I also think it’s the most accessible luxury.
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When women stops blushing, she has lost the most powerful weapon of charm.
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I don’t like my voice. I don’t like the way I look. I don’t like the way I move. I don’t like the way I act. I mean, period. So, you know, I don’t like myself.
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I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I’m not afraid to look behind them.
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You find out who your real friends are when you’re involved in a scandal.
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I know I’m vulgar, but would you have me any other way?
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I call upon you to draw from the depths of your being – to prove that we are a human race, to prove that our love outweighs our need to hate, that our compassion is more compelling than our need to blame.
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I hate the idea of always having to interpret other people’s ideas and thoughts and words, because I’m very independent and, I guess, a free thinker.
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Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.
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I was born with scoliosis. I have a double curvature of the spine, and it’s forced me to use a wheelchair because the disease has really taken hold. It really saddens me that I can’t ride.
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I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on.
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Give. Remember always to give. That is the one thing that will make you grow.
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Marriage is a great institution.
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I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can’t possess radiance, you can only admire it.
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Everything makes me nervous – except making films.
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I do enjoy life, I really do. Especially if I wake up the next day.
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Follow your passions, follow your heart, and the things you need will come.
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