I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior.
HEDY LAMARRThe 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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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 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 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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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’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’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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Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me, and still is.
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I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.
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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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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 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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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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Dirt makes a man look masculine. Let your hair blow in the wind, and all that. It’s OK. All you have to do is look neat when you have to look neat.
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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 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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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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I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don’t have to stay that way.
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I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.
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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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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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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 win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.
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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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Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.
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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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