Hedy Lamarr Quotes

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Hedy Lamarr

Profession : Actress

Birth : November 9, 1914

I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it.

Hedy Lamarr

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

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

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

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

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All creative people want to do the unexpected.

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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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Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake.

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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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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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I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.

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It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.

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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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