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" I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick. "
Hedy Lamarr
Voice
Just
Why
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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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" Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head. "
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" Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one. "
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" I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they'll run the other way. "
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" I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life. "
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" I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don't have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me. "
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" The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true. "
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" I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior. "
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" I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance. "
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" 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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" Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel. "
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" I enjoy countless hundreds pursuing me. I love those who love me the most. I am sort of flattered by men showing attention to me. "
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" I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with. "
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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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" Some men like a dull life - they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it - it's often catching. "
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" Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don't have time to teach him. "
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" Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody. "
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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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" I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away. "
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" I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit. "
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" I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it. "
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