It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.
ELIZABETH TAYLORIt’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.
More Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
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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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I hate myself on the screen. I want to die. My voice is either too high or too gravelly. I want to dive under the carpet. I’d love to be tall and willowy. I’m short.
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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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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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The things that are important to me – being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist – are all things that were borne out of great passion.
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I don’t have a set pattern. I take things as they come. Usually with a great amount of relish. I just lay back and wait for it to happen. And it usually does.
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I do enjoy life, I really do. Especially if I wake up the next day.
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I’ve only slept with men I’ve been married to. How many women can make that claim?
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I use my fame now when I want to help a cause or other people.
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I’ve always admitted that I’m ruled by my passions.
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I haven’t read any of the autobiographies about me.
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I gave a very dear friend of mine my humanitarian award. Because you don’t need an award to be, or not be, a humanitarian.
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I think I ended up being the scarlet woman partly because of my rather puritannical upbringing and beliefs. I always chose to think I was in love and that love was synonymous with marriage.
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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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Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.
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