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" I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European. "
Gloria Swanson
Pictures
First
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" As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation. "
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" My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the same thing. "
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" Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy. "
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" Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how. "
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