The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true.
HEDY LAMARRPerhaps my problem in marriage-and it is the problem of many women-was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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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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A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.
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I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick.
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I am a very good shot. I have hunted for every kind of animal. But I would never kill an animal during mating season.
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I’m fifty-one years old, but I’m not through yet. I have lived a full life, and intend packing in quite a lot more.
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I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don’t have to stay that way.
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It’s funny about men and women. Men pay in cash to get them and pay in cash to get rid of them. Women pay emotionally coming and going. Neither has it easy.
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Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
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I’ve been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only have three close friends. I guess that’s all anyone can expect.
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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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I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.
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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 advise everybody not to save: spend your money. Most people save all their lives and leave it to somebody else. Money is to be enjoyed.
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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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Some men like a dull life – they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it – it’s often catching.
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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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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 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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All my six husbands married me for different reasons.
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Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn’t mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel.
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It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
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One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets a lot more.
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I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don’t want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him.
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If I were to name my favorite pastime, I’d have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.
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Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.
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The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn’t get a divorce for almost a year.
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