Lillie Langtry Quotes
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You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.
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It was so kind of you to mention that I don't wear stays. What's the point? If you squeeze it in at one point, it only comes out at the other.
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I felt weary of the responsibility of owning houses and was glad enough to pass mine on to others.
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I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress
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Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.
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Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead.
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I do not regret one moment of my life.
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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.
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I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear.
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After being so bad I could hear the angels singing.
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It is [every woman’s] right to ignore the dictates of fashion and dress in a manner that is becoming to her own character and personality.
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My agent tells me I am drawing the largest salary ever paid in the halls of England. Wonderful, isn't it? for a quiet, rural gardener like myself.
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I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco.
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My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France
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Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?
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On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them.
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I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done
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No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me.
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Each little chapter has its place.
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I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.
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They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.
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I have known great things and wonderful persons, and I have known homage
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It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed.
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I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying.
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The sentimentalist ages far more quickly than the person who loves his work and enjoys new challenges.
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I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.
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Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit.
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Will I return to England? I don't know. I'll think it over.
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A complete transformation seemed to have place in my life overnight. It was quite staggering, and thenceforward visitors and invitations continued to pour in daily until they became a source of grievance to our landlady, who was obliged to engage an extra servant to respond to the battering of powdered footmen on her humble and somewhat flimsy door.
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I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be.
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