Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.
HEDY LAMARRI find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don’t have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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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’m a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.
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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 public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer.
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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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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 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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Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
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When I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don’t just mean sex, I married him.
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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 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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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 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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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’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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