Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me, and still is.
HEDY LAMARRBecause you don’t live near a bakery doesn’t mean you have to go without cheesecake.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles.
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I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn’t have it.
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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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I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.
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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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Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head.
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I don’t believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn’t, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode.
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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 don’t fear death because I don’t fear anything I don’t understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.
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Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.
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I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock.
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I don’t have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was.
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I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don’t have to stay that way.
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I’d rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.
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I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for the last time. After that, your memories should be personal.
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