A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
HEDY LAMARRThe 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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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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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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Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.
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Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That’s the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.
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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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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 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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It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
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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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I enjoy countless hundreds pursuing me. I love those who love me the most. I am sort of flattered by men showing attention to me.
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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.
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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 can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don’t have to stay that way.
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Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.
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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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