"Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself."
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"What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate."
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"I would have been a terrible mother because I'm basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children."
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"When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control."
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"Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them."
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"What in the world would we do without our libraries?"
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"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."
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"You are the only person you can actually change"
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"I've made forty-three pictures. Naturally I'm adorable in all of them."
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"The calla lilies are in bloom again."
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"Nobody owes anybody anything; it's up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future."
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"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving."
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"You give because you love and cannot help giving."
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"The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend."
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"Friendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation."
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"Life is hard. After all, it kills you."
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"The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower—suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place them here in memory of something that has died."
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"I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun."
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"It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating."
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"It's not what you start in life, it's what you finish."
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