It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
HEDY LAMARRMen 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.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head.
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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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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 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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It’s funny about men and women. Men pay in cash to get them and pay in cash to get rid of them. Women pay emotionally coming and going. Neither has it easy.
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That’s how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.
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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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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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Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn’t mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel.
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All my six husbands married me for different reasons.
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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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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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Because you don’t live near a bakery doesn’t mean you have to go without cheesecake.
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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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Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me, and still is.
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