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.
HEDY LAMARRIf 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.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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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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Dirt makes a man look masculine. Let your hair blow in the wind, and all that. It’s OK. All you have to do is look neat when you have to look neat.
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I advise everybody not to save: spend your money. Most people save all their lives and leave it to somebody else. Money is to be enjoyed.
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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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A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
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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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That’s how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.
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Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me, and still is.
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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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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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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’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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Because you don’t live near a bakery doesn’t mean you have to go without cheesecake.
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Some men like a dull life – they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it – it’s often catching.
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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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