"It is the ordinary woman who knows something about love; the gorgeous ones are too busy being gorgeous."
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"I have had twenty years of perfect companionship with a man among men. He is a rock and a protection. I have never regretted it."
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"When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous."
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"You sell yourself. The part that I sell is the creature. The adorable part."
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"With all the opportunities I had, I could have done more. And if I'd done more, I could have been quite remarkable."
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"I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition."
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"It's a new low for actresses when you have to wonder what is between her ears instead of her legs."
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"You don't pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It's hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible."
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"How wonderful are the women and men in the world who feed us. Especially those who feed us with no salary. The mothers—I thought. The wives."
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"I don't think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more."
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"Only when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That's what I've done."
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"I love rain. It's lucky, I always think."
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"If it interests you, they don't have to pay you. It's a fascinating business anyway-it's very nice to be paid-but when you do thrilling material, it's like buying a piece of furniture that's really good."
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"I don't give a damn about marriage. But I do care about honor."
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"Loved people are loving people."
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"I have always lived my life exactly as I wanted. I've tried to please no one but myself... but I'm entirely content. I can sit back in my old age and not regret a single moment, not wish to change a single thing. It's what I wish for you...a life with no regrets."
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"Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in."
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"I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky."
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"What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin."
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"Just write the best you can about the things that concern you most. I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun."
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