Hedy Lamarr Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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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“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 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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“Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.”
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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 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 good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.”
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“All creative people want to do the unexpected.”
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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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“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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“I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with.”
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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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“Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.”
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“Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.”
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“I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.”
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“I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.”
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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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“The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true.”
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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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“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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“I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.”
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“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”
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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've been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only hve three close friends. I guess that's all anyone can expect.”
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“I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.”
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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 remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock.”
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“I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for the last time. After that, your memories should be personal.”
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“I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despite the conventional in anything, even the arts. I paint canvasses on the floor and drove one art teacher out of his mind. But that's just the way I paint best.”
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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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