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I think I ended up being the scarlet woman partly because of my rather puritannical upbringing and beliefs. I always chose to think I was in love and that love was synonymous with marriage.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Belief End Love Marriage Myself Thinking Woman
I know I’m vulgar, but would you have me any other way?
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Myself Original Vulgar
I call upon you to draw from the depths of your being – to prove that we are a human race, to prove that our love outweighs our need to hate, that our compassion is more compelling than our need to blame.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Blame Compassionate Deep Draw Evidence Human Love Myself Need Race
I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Believe Mindset Myself
My mother says I didn’t open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Born Engagement Eyes Mom Myself Open
Marriage is a great institution.
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Greatness Institution Marriage
I will love Michael Jackson forever.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Forever Idol Love Myself
I never face the day without perfume.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Face Myself Perfume
Thanks Darling for the beautiful flowers and all the prayers. Now can you just get my puppy past security?
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Beautiful Dog Flower Myself Prayer Security
I would totally lose myself in the music and be a gypsy. I would go wherever I wanted to in my head – wherever the music took me. My body followed.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Body Head Lose Music Myself
I don’t love acting; I love chocolate.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Act Chocolate Love Myself
When people say, ‘She’s got everything’, I’ve got one answer – I haven’t had tomorrow.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Answer Future Myself People
When you’re older, you’ll appreciate the advantages of sleeping alone.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Alone Old Praise Sleep Yourself
I hate myself on the screen. I want to die. My voice is either too high or too gravelly. I want to dive under the carpet. I’d love to be tall and willowy. I’m short.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Hate Love Movie Myself Short Voice
So much is said with the electricity of the eyes, the intensity of a whisper. Less is more.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Electricity Eyes Intense Less Whisper
I don’t pretend to be an ordinary housewife.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Home Myself Ordinary Pretend Wife
It’s amazing the gymnastics you can do when you don’t want to do something. How you can force yourself against all the forces of nature. I threw myself backward.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Exercise Force Myself Nature
Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Greatness Past Perfume Success Yourself
When women stops blushing, she has lost the most powerful weapon of charm.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Blush Charm Herself Powerful Stop Weapon Woman
Acting is, to me now, artificial. Seeing people suffer is real. It couldn’t be more real. Some people don’t like to look at it in the face because it’s painful. But if nobody does, then nothing gets done.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Act Face Pain People Reality See Suffering
I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can’t possess radiance, you can only admire it.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Admire Appearance Radiance Yourself
I don’t have a set pattern. I take things as they come. Usually with a great amount of relish. I just lay back and wait for it to happen. And it usually does.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Greatness Myself Pattern Wait
Fragrance is an incredibly intimate thing. It can evoke very specific thoughts or memories and is a little different for each person who wears it. I also think it’s the most accessible luxury.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Different Fragrance Intimate Luxury Memories Person Specific
I have been supremely lucky in my life in that I have known great love, and of course I am the temporary custodian of some incredible and beautiful things.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Beautiful Incredible Life Luck Myself Temporary
I was born with scoliosis. I have a double curvature of the spine, and it’s forced me to use a wheelchair because the disease has really taken hold. It really saddens me that I can’t ride.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Born Force Hold Myself Ride
Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Best Dog Leadership Man Myself
Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Drink Lipstick Togetherness

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