Hedy Lamarr Quotes

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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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Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

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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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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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Making pictures, for an actress, is like betting, for a gambler. Each time you make a picture you try to analyze why you won or lost.

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Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.

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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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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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Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

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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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If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude... I hope to make you use your imagination.

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I was the highest-priced and most important star in Hollywood, but I was "difficult."

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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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The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer.

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I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they'll run the other way.

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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 was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.

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Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.

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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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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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Sophia Loren would be a glamour girl even if she were in rags selling fish. She has the look, the movement and the intellect.

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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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That's how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.

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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.

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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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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 can excuse anything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.

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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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I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick.

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I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think of it, I order a massage and it goes away.

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