Hedy Lamarr Quotes

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

All a woman needs is a good bath, clean clothes, and for her hair to be combed. These things she can do herself. I very seldom go to the hairdresser, but when I do, I just marvel.
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All creative people want to do the unexpected.
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All my six husbands married me for different reasons.
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American men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook.
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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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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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Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake.
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Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.
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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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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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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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Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.
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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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I am a very good shot. I have hunted for every kind of animal. But I would never kill an animal during mating season.
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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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I appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There's nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared.
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I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.
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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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