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.
HEDY LAMARRI don’t have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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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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It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
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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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I’ve met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with.
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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 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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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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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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I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.
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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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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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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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I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they’ll run the other way.
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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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