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.
HEDY LAMARRI was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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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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Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
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Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.
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I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me, and still is.
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The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer.
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The world isn’t getting any easier. With all these new inventions I believe that people are hurried more and pushed more, The hurried way is not the right way; you need time for everything – time to work, time to play, time to rest.
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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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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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