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.
ELIZABETH TAYLORThe ups and downs, the problems and stress, along with all the happiness, have given me optimism and hope because I am living proof of survival.
More Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
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I’ve always admitted that I’m ruled by my passions.
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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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The public library is more than a repository of books. It’s a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives.
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I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on.
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Put on some lipstick and pull yourself together.
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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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How can money be the root of all evil when shopping is the cure for all sadness?
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Everything makes me nervous – except making films.
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Marriage is a great institution.
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When you’re older, you’ll appreciate the advantages of sleeping alone.
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Just in case you get pneumonia or die. The dangerous bits are always the last days of shooting.
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When women stops blushing, she has lost the most powerful weapon of charm.
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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 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 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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