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.
HEDY LAMARRI’d rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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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 was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.
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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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Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.
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Films have a certain place in a certain time period. Technology is forever.
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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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Because you don’t live near a bakery doesn’t mean you have to go without cheesecake.
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One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets 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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Confidence is something you’re born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.
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Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
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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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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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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’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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