Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
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Humility, never me; it is a characteristic I expect to find in other people.
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I don't think President Bush is doing anything at all about Aids. In fact, I'm not sure he even knows how to spell Aids.
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I never face the day without perfume.
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John Wayne is as tough as an old nut and as soft as a yellow ribbon.
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This is a book that respects kids and their ideas. And in that regard, it places Chasing Vermeer in the tradition of classic favorites fondly recalled from our own childhoods.
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The beauty of fragrance is that it speaks to your heart and hopefully someone else's.
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A belly laugh increases the ability of your immune system to fight infections.
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I never planned to acquire a lot of jewels or a lot of husbands. For me, life happened, just as it does for anyone else.
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On the film where I didn't get along with the director, I just decided to not speak to him.
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On Michael Jackson and child stardom: He had one of the worst childhoods ever. I think I had the second.
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I had a hollow leg. I could drink everyone under the table and not get drunk. My capacity was terrifying.
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I never tried to act until A Place in the Sun.
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I used to think that drinking would help my shyness, but all it did was exaggerate all the negative qualities.
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[On Antony's death] Strange, there has never been... such a silence.
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Acting is, to me now, artificial. Seeing people suffer is real. It couldn't be more real. Some people don't like to look at it in the face because it's painful. But if nobody does, then nothing gets done.
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What is a genius? What is a living legend? What is a megastar? Michael Jackson -- that's all. And when you think you know him, he gives you more. I think he is one of the finest people to hit this planet, and, in my estimation, he is the true King of Pop, Rock and Soul.
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Success is a great deodorant.
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I find it rather tedious working with some actors who have to go into a corner and bounce up and down, shake their hands and arms, saying to the director, "Just a second - I'll be ready in a few minutes, " while all the other actors are waiting around to get in. Then they say, "OK! I'm ready now." And then they come on and do it exactly the same way they've done it in rehearsal.
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You are who you are. All you can do in this world is help others to be who they are and better themselves.
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My forties are the best time I have ever gone through.
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Big girls need big diamonds.
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I've always sung in the shower. Now I make the stage a mental shower in order not to get too uptight and enjoy it.
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When I hear the name Michael Jackson, I think of brilliance, of dazzling stars, lasers and deep emotions. I think he is one of the world's biggest and greatest stars, and it just so happens that he is one of the most gifted music makers the world has ever known. I think he is one of the finest people to hit this planet, and, in my estimation, he is the true King of Pop, Rock, and Soul. I love you Michael.
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On Mother's Day: It's just a rip-off, to tell the truth, a chance to sell my perfume and other things that ladies like.
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I'm just an instinctive actress, I've never had a lesson in my life.
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I have a woman's body and a child's emotions.
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I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.
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It's not the having, it's the getting.
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A strong film director does leave you to your devices. A strong director allows you to be free and you trust that he's there and he will tell you if you've gone too far. A strong director allows you to be much more experimental and take greater chances than a director who isn't secure within himself.
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I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.
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