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" The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first. "
Ginger Rogers
Earn
Work
Life
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" My faith in humanity leads me to believe that people are looking for something more elevating than the sordid details of the intimate aspects of one's personal life. "
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" My mother was a journalist, so writing is not unnatural to me. "
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Writing
Me
" My love for ice cream emerged at an early age - and has never left! "
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" Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold an affectionate place in my heart; they have an incomparable mystique and mood. "
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" The kids today, they think they can dance with their faces. "
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" I yearned for a long, happy marriage with one person. "
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Long
Happy Marriage
" There's a verse in the Bible: 'Those who are barren have more children than those who give birth.' There are young people all over the world who come to me for advice and love. I have all the children I can handle. "
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Bible
World
" Over the years, myths were built up about my relationship with Fred Astaire. The general public thought he was a Svengali, who snapped his fingers for his little Trilby to obey; in their eyes, my career was his creation. "
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" Only I know my life. "
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" I won't go to movies with permissiveness, four-letter words, or violence. Show me 'E.T.' and 'Chariots of Fire' instead. That's entertainment, not exploitation of the human body. "
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Fire
Movies
Me
" At the age of ten, I thought if a boy kissed you on the lips, you would have a baby, and I surely wasn't the only youngster who believed that! "
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Boy
Lips
Thought
" You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to do with the inner you. "
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Acting
You
Thoughts
" Like most actors, I've always been grateful for Chinese restaurants; they were often the only places that stayed open late enough for performers to get hot food after the show. "
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Open
Enough
Food
" I believe in dressing for the occasion. There's a time for sweater, sneakers and Levis and a time for the full-dress jazz. "
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Believe
Time
Sneakers
" Gossip is hardly uplifting. "
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Uplifting
Gossip
Hardly
" You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It's kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen. "
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Men
World
Women
" I enjoy sports, and love being involved in any outdoor sport from volleyball to softball. I'm not being immodest when I say I'm a natural athlete. "
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Sports
Love
Being
" I don't disagree with seeing a Rubens of a nude body, but I don't believe in a nude body in action. With Rubens, thank goodness, they aren't in action. "
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Believe
Action
Seeing
" When two people love each other, they don't look at each other, they look in the same direction. "
Ginger Rogers
Direction
People
Love
" I had been making films for almost ten years, and the head men at RKO thought of me only in terms of musicals. I found no fault with that, except I just couldn't stand being typed or pigeonholed as only a singing and dancing girl. I wanted to extend my range. "
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Men
Thought
Stand
" I traveled with my mother, Lela, and there was never enough money. I always had to roll down my silk stockings and carry a doll when we bought train tickets so I could go half-fare. If we had $3, we always figured how to tip for the trunks and still eat. "
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Enough
Money
Mother
" The most important thing in anyone's life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun and joy and happiness. This is my gift. "
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Fun
Quality
Gift
" Looking back at my life's voyage, I can only say that it has been a golden trip. "
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Looking
Life
Say
" My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months. "
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Dancing
Mother
Me
" Sure, jets are fast and economical, but, oh my, what fun we've lost and what leisure we've sacrificed in the race to efficiency. Somehow, stepping onto a plane and zooming across the United States in a matter of hours doesn't hold a candle to the dear, old-fashioned train ride. "
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Candle
Lost
Ride
" People are still people no matter how you cut it. "
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Cut
People
How
" I try to feed my hunger rather than my appetite. "
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Feed
Appetite
Try
" Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can't talk and dance at the same time. "
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Time
Conversation
Joy
" I made my last motion picture in March 1965 for Magna Pictures. 'Harlow,' based on the life of actress Jean Harlow... I didn't know at the time that 'Harlow' would be my last motion picture. "
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Time
Pictures
Picture
" I cannot abide stupidity, in myself or in others. "
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Stupidity
Others
Myself