Mr. DeMille’s theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory.
HEDY LAMARRExperts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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American men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook.
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Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.
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I appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There’s nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared.
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I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don’t have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me.
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If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude… I hope to make you use your imagination.
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To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.
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Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry.
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I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.
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Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don’t have time to teach him.
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I know when I’m working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities.
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Because you don’t live near a bakery doesn’t mean you have to go without cheesecake.
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If I had my way everyone would have a psychiatrist. When the brain is sick and you must throw up, you do it by being purged in a psychiatrist’s office.
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I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father’s equal, and I never loved any other man as much.
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Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me, and still is.
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Making pictures, for an actress, is like betting, for a gambler. Each time you make a picture you try to analyze why you won or lost.
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