Perhaps 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.
HEDY LAMARRMost 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.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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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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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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Confidence is something you’re born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.
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A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
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All creative people want to do the unexpected.
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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’d rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.
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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 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 know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails.
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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 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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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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Mr. DeMille’s theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory.
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