"I don't understand why people aren't a little more generous with each other."
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"I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one..."
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"Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives."
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"The truth can only be recalled, never invented."
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"People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn't see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one."
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"I love to do the things the censors won't pass."
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"Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character."
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"Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage."
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"The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream."
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"A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world."
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"Most people in the world are Christ lovers. And then there are Christ haters. But all of them are fixated on Christ, and he perpetuates for ever."
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"There is just no comparison between having a dinner date with a man and staying home playing canasta with the girls."
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"When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women."
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"I'm good, but I'm not an angel."
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"When you have only a single dream it is more than likely to come true - because you keep working toward it without getting mixed up."
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"President Kennedy is very democratic and very penetrating."
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"I feel that beauty and femininity are ageless"
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"Do people ever get over being shy? I think it’s with you for life-like the color of your eyes."
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"I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women."
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"I always felt I was a nobody, and the only way for me to be somebody was to be - well, somebody else. Which is probably why I wanted to act."
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