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.
HEDY LAMARRI’ve been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only have three close friends. I guess that’s all anyone can expect.
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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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’d rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.
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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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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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If I were to name my favorite pastime, I’d have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.
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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.
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I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don’t have to stay that way.
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I am a very good shot. I have hunted for every kind of animal. But I would never kill an animal during mating season.
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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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Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.
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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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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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Confidence is something you’re born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.
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