Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head.
HEDY LAMARRI have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn’t have it.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.
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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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I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.
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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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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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It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
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I 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.
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I’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.
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I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father’s equal, and I never loved any other man as much.
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The world isn’t getting any easier. With all these new inventions I believe that people are hurried more and pushed more, The hurried way is not the right way; you need time for everything – time to work, time to play, time to rest.
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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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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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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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Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry.
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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 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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A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.
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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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All my six husbands married me for different reasons.
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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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That’s how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.
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