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.
ELIZABETH TAYLORI gave a very dear friend of mine my humanitarian award. Because you don’t need an award to be, or not be, a humanitarian.
More Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
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I’ve never thought of my jewelry as trophies. I’m here to take care of it and to love it, for we are only temporary custodians of beauty.
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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 know I’m vulgar, but would you have me any other way?
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Seems like we always spend the best part of our time just saying goodbye.
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I don’t pretend to be an ordinary housewife.
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I think I’m finally growing up – and about time.
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I have a woman’s body and a child’s emotions.
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Give. Remember always to give. That is the one thing that will make you grow.
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A belly laugh increases the ability of your immune system to fight infections.
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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 wear perfume even when I’m alone.
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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 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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It’s all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.
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It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.
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