Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.
HEDY LAMARRMy 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.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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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 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 win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.
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Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.
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All a woman needs is a good bath, clean clothes, and for her hair to be combed. These things she can do herself. I very seldom go to the hairdresser, but when I do, I just marvel.
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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 can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don’t have to stay that way.
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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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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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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 have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don’t want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him.
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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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That’s how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.
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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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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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