"I think that sexuality is only attractive when it's natural and spontaneous."
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"Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them."
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"No sex is wrong, if there's love in it."
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"Yes, there was something special about me, and I knew what it was. I was the kind of girl they found dead in a hall bedroom with an empty bottle of sleeping pills in her hand."
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"My travels have always been of the same kind. No matter where I've gone or why I've gone there it ends up that I never see anything. Becoming a movie star is living on a merry-go-round. When you travel you take the merry-go-round with you. You don't see natives or new scenery. You see chiefly the same press agents, the same sort of interviewers, and the same picture layouts of yourself."
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"I’ve given pure sex appeal very little thought. If I had to think about it I’m sure it would frighten me."
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"Love and work are the only two real things in our lives. They belong together, otherwise it is off. Work is in itself a form of love."
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"I read poetry to save time."
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"What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course."
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"I hear you're looking for a sexy blonde to play with the Marx Brothers. Would you like to see me. I'm blonde and I'm sexy."
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"My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on."
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"Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity."
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"A kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara is forever."
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"I am alone; I am always alone no matter what."
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"Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?"
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"I sleep in the nude but I pull the sheets up."
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"If you spend your life competing with business men, what do you have? A bank account and ulcers!"
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"It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone."
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"Always admired men who had many women. It must be that to a child of a dissatisfied woman the idea of monogamy is hollow."
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"I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners."
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